(bài tuō) - please (as a favour), I beg you in Mandarin
bàituōTraditional: 拜託
Translation
please (as a favour), I beg you
Word origin
A two-character word: 拜 'to pay respects, to bow' (a depiction of joined hands in salute) plus 托 'to entrust' (hand radical 扌 + 乇 as phonetic). Together 拜托 means to entrust someone with a favour, hence a polite 'please'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 拜 (pay respects) + 托 (扌 hand + 乇 phonetic)
Stroke order
拜
托
Examples
，！
Please, give me a hand!
。
Please don't tell him, I beg you.
，。
Come on, stop joking.
。
Please do me a favour.
，。
Please, stop arguing.
拜托 (bài tuō) - please (as a favour), I beg you.
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