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Chinese symbol for “shill”

托儿
tuō r
Traditional: 托兒
(coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shill is 托儿 (tuō r), defined as: (coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

托 tuō
to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes
儿 r
son, child
radical 10 ⼉ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shill”

WordPinyinMeaning
托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 托儿.

WordPinyinMeaning
委托 (委託)wěi tuōto entrust; to trust
拜托 (拜託)bài tuōto request sb to do sth; please!
摩托车 (摩托車)mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; 辆 (liàng),部 (bù)
依托 (依託)yī tuōto rely on; to depend on
信托 (信託)xìn tuōto entrust; trust bond (finance)
摩托mó tuō(loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车 (mó tuō chē))
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
女儿 (女兒)nǚ érdaughter

See also: Japanese symbol for “shill”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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