烘
托

Background (of a painting) in Chinese: 烘托 (hōng tuō)

hōng tuō

background (of a painting)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1background (of a painting)
  2. 2backdrop
  3. 3a foil (to set off something to advantage)
  4. 4to offset (something to advantage)

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烘
托

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄥ

hōng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄊㄨㄛ

tuō

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 绿叶烘托出红花的美丽。

    lǜ yè hōng tuō chū hóng huā de měi lì。

    The green leaves set off the beauty of the red flowers.

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Related words

托

tuō

prop

委托

wěi tuō

to entrust

摩托

mó tuō

motor (loanword)

拜托

bài tuō

to request sb to do sth

衬托

chèn tuō

to set off

烘干

hōng gān

to dry over a stove

寄托

jì tuō

to entrust (to sb)

托付

tuō fù

to entrust

依托

yī tuō

to rely on

摩托车

mó tuō chē

(loanword) motorbike

暖烘烘

nuǎn hōng hōng

nice and warm

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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