信托 (xìntuō): trust (financial arrangement)

Measure Word

一个信托 gè

Meanings

1 trust (financial arrangement)
2 to entrust

Characters

to entrust; to commission

Trust + entrust — placing your faith in someone to manage something for you.

Examples

他把财产放在信托里。

Tā bǎ cáichǎn fàng zài xìntuō lǐ.

He put his assets in a trust.

信托基金可以帮你管理遗产。

Xìntuō jījīn kěyǐ bāng nǐ guǎnlǐ yíchǎn.

A trust fund can help you manage an inheritance.

这家信托公司很有名。

Zhè jiā xìntuō gōngsī hěn yǒumíng.

This trust company is very famous.

Tips

usage

信托 is primarily used in financial and legal contexts. In everyday speech, 信任 (xìnrèn) is the more common word for 'trust' between people.

Stroke Order

信 xìn

托 tuō

Related Words

信任 xìnrèn HSK 3 #899

to trust / trust / confidence in

信 xìn HSK 3 #449

letter / to believe / to trust

信赖 xìnlài HSK 7 #6,729

to trust / to have confidence in / to rely on

相信 xiāngxìn HSK 2 #168

to believe / to be convinced; to trust

信徒 xìntú #6,342

believer / follower (of a religion) / devotee

委托 wěituō HSK 5 #3,529

to entrust; to commission / to delegate; to authorize

托 tuō HSK 6 #2,375

to hold up; to support (with the palm) / to entrust; to ask someone to do something / to use as a pretext

信念 xìnniàn HSK 5 #4,521

faith / belief / conviction

信封 xìnfēng HSK 3 #5,404

envelope

信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ HSK 2 #2,365

credit card