日托 (rì tuō) — day care (center) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Short for 日托站/日托班, meaning a daytime childcare center where parents drop off young children during work hours. Contrast with 全托 (full-time, overnight care).

noun

day care (center)

Measure word · 个

Examples

日托。
Wǒ měi tiān sòng hái zi qù rì tuō.
I take my child to day care every day.
日托。
Zhè jiā rì tuō de fú wù fēi cháng hǎo.
The service at this day care is very good.
日托。
Tā men jué dìng bǎ hái zi sòng dào rì tuō.
They decided to send the child to day care.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

托tuōentrust

日 marks the daytime, while 托 conveys entrusting a child for care.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

乇

乇tuō托tuō

Same sound today

托 is built from 手 (hand) and 乇, which gives the sound tuō.

Appears in

School & Education Public Facilities

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