tuōfú

托福

Word · Verb · Noun

thanks to your blessing; TOEFL

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Meanings

2 senses · 7 examples
1.

verb

thanks to your blessing (polite formula); to owe one's good fortune to another

formal

Used as a polite response to greetings or inquiries about one's well-being, expressing that one's good fortune depends on the other person's blessing. Commonly used in the phrase '托您的福'.

Tuō托
nín您
de的
fú福
 ，
yī一
qiè切
dōu都
hěn很
shùn顺
lì利
 。

Thanks to your blessing, everything is going smoothly.

Tuō托
fú福
tuō托
fú福
 ，
zuì最
jìn近
hái还
bù不
cuò错
 。

Thanks to you, things have been okay recently.

Show 1 more example
Tuō托
nín您
de的
fú福
 ，
jiā家
lǐ里
rén人
dōu都
hěn很
jiàn健
kāng康
 。

Thanks to your blessing, my family are all in good health.

2.

noun

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)

Standardized test to measure the English language proficiency of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities. The name is a phonetic transliteration of the acronym TOEFL.

Tā他
zhèng正
zài在
zhǔn准
bèi备
tuō托
fú福
kǎo考
shì试
 。

He is currently preparing for the TOEFL exam.

Tā她
tuō托
fú福
kǎo考
le了
yī1
bǎi1
yī0
shí分
 。

She scored 110 on the TOEFL.

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Tuō托
fú福
shì是
shēn申
qǐng请
měi美
guó国
dà大
xué学
de的
bì必
yào要
tiáo条
jiàn件
zhī之
yī一
 。

The TOEFL is one of the necessary requirements for applying to American universities.

Tuō托
fú福
wǎng网
kǎo考
bǐ比
zhǐ纸
kǎo考
gèng更
fāng方
biàn便
 。

The TOEFL iBT is more convenient than the paper-based test.