假託

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	entrust
trad. (假託/假托)		假	託/托
simp. (假托)		假	托

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎtuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² tok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎtuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎtuo
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-tʻo¹
    • Yale: jyǎ-twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeatuo
    • Palladius: цзято (czjato)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa² tok³
    • Yale: gá tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ tʰɔːk̚³/

Verb

假託

1. to do something under someone's name

   假託古人之名來著書寫文，在古代是很常見的現象。 [MSC, trad.]
   假托古人之名来著书写文，在古代是很常见的现象。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǎtuō gǔrén zhī míng lái zhùshū xiě wén, zài gǔdài shì hěn chángjiàn de xiànxiàng. [Pinyin]

   Writing books and essays under the names of ancients was a very common occurrence in ancient times.

2. to rely on; to make use of

   Synonym: 憑藉 / 凭借 (píngjiè)

3. to use as an excuse; to use as a pretext

   Synonym: 藉口 / 借口 (jièkǒu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (假託):

• → Japanese: 仮託(かたく) (kataku)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 假託 – see the following entry.

【仮託かたく】 [noun] excuse, pretext, pretense, plea [verb] to make a pretext, excuse, or plea of Alternative spelling 仮托

(This term, 假託, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)