受託照顧學齡前兒童的專業機構，通常接受需工作的家長委託，可能照顧數小時或全天；不同於幼兒園，托兒所一般不提供任何正規幼兒教育。

托兒中心(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
日間托育中心(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
日間托兒所(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
日托中心(機構)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
保育院(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
t'o erh chung hsin (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
tuō ér zhōng xīn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
tuo er zhong xin (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
day care centers(institutions)　(P,,U,美式英語-偏好,D,U,PN)
day care center(institution)　(,U,美式英語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
day-care centers(institutions)　(,U,美式英語-非偏好,UF,U,N)
child care centers(institutions)　(,U,美式英語-非偏好,UF,U,N)
centers, day care(institutions)　(,U,美式英語-非偏好,UF,U,N)
crèches(day care institutions)　(P,,U,British English-偏好,D,L,PN)
crèche(day care institutions)　(,U,British English-非偏好,AD,L,SN)
day care centres(institutions)　(,U,British English-非偏好,UF,U,N)
creches(day care institutions)　(,U,British English-非偏好,UF,U,N)
centres, day care(institutions)　(,U,British English-非偏好,UF,U,N)
guarderías infantiles(institutions)　(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
guardería infantil(institution)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........組織 (層級名)
............組織 (群體)
................機構 (組織)
....................<依活動區分之機構>
........................學校 (機構)
............................學前教育學校 (機構)
................................托兒中心

locational context/setting is....	日托中心(建築物)
activity/event taking place is....	日間托育
distinguished from....	托兒所(三至五歲就讀機構)

英文....	Professionally-run institutions that care for groups of preschool children on a partial or full-day basis, usually while their parents are at work, but differing from nursery schools in typically offering no formal education to the children.

托兒中心............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 August 6, 2015
日間托育中心............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	遠流字典通 August 6, 2015
日間托兒所............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
日托中心(機構)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AAT-Taiwan 借詞編輯與使用原則 (2013)
保育院............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	遠流字典通 August 6, 2015
day care centers(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors (1982)
.................	HUD Research Thesaurus (1980)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
day care center(institution)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
day-care centers(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) under "day-care" entry.
child care centers(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Redstone, Institutional Buildings (1980) 180
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
centers, day care(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
crèches(day care institutions)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) crèches (day nurseries)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
crèche(day care institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
day care centres(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
creches(day care institutions)............	[VP]
.................	RCHME, Revised Thesaurus of Architectural Terms (1989)
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
centres, day care(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
guarderías infantiles(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
guardería infantil(institution)............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
.................	The Oxford- Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995)
Subject:............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Children's day care centers
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) Children's day nurseries, creches

Getty AAT: 300343467 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300343467
聯合目錄： 托兒中心 、日間托育中心 、日間托兒所 、日托中心 、保育院 、t'o erh chung hsin 、tuō ér zhōng xīn 、tuo er zhong xin 、day care centers 、day care center 、day-care centers 、child care centers 、centers, day care 、crèches 、crèche 、day care centres 、creches 、centres, day care 、guarderías infantiles 、guardería infantil