拜托

Traditional (Taiwan): 拜託

bàituō ㄅㄞˋ ㄊㄨㄛ

    • to request sb to do sth
    • please!

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 委托 wěituō
    • 委托办理 entrust with handling
    • 临时委托 entrust at short notice
  • 托付 tuōfù
    • 托付终身 entrust one's whole life

Telling them apart

拜托 is a solemn, polite request and can be doubled (拜托拜托). 委托 is courteous and respectful, used in formal settings and mostly in writing. 托付 sounds warmer and more personal and is common in speech.

Other words read bàituō

baituo with other tones

Sources