托儿

托兒
tuōr
(coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers

CEDICT

colloquial

Homographs

托儿 tuōér childcare

Entry Composition

=1 托 tuō
  1. to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm
  2. sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)
  3. (bound form) a shill
  4. to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 托 tuō)
  5. torr (unit of pressure)
=1 托 tuō
  1. to trust
  2. to entrust
  3. to be entrusted with
  4. to act as trustee
2 儿 r
  1. non-syllabic diminutive suffix
  2. retroflex final