投 tóu
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tóu
verb
to throw; to cast; to fling; to pitch
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 扔; for example, 投石子 'throw a rock' (Guoyu '投' v 1; Kroll 2015 '投' 1; Unihan '投') -
tóu
verb
to jump into; to fall forward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 跳进去; for example, 自投罗网 'to walk into a trap' (Guoyu '投' v 3; Kroll 2015 '投' 4; Unihan '投') -
tóu
verb
to emit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: To emit light; in the sense of 映照 (Guoyu '投' v 4) -
tóu
verb
to fire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: To fire a projectle (Kroll 2015 '投' 1c) -
tóu
verb
to stand up; to participate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '投' 2) -
tóu
verb
to give
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 赠送 (Guoyu '投' v 13; Kroll 2015 '投' 3) -
tóu
verb
to tread; to walk; to move forward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 前往 or 走向 (Guoyu '投' 6; Kroll 2015 '投' 5) -
tóu
verb
to be near to; to be close to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 接近 or 靠近 (Guoyu '投' v 9; Kroll 2015 '投' 6) -
tóu
noun
dice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 骰 (Kroll 2015 '投' 7) -
tóu
verb
to load; to pack
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 放进 (Guoyu '投' v 2) -
tóu
verb
to send
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A letter, message, etc; in the sense of 寄发 (Guoyu '投' v 5) -
tóu
verb
to join
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '投' v 7) -
tóu
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奔靠; for example, 投奔 'to seek shelter' (Guoyu '投' v 8) -
tóu
verb
to scatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 甩 or 挥 (Guoyu '投' v 10) -
tóu
verb
to abandon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (Guoyu '投' v 11) -
tóu
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '投' v 12) -
tóu
verb
to cater to; to pander to; to be congenial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 迎合 (Guoyu '投' v 14; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1259)
Contained in
- 投效 to throw oneself into a task
- 走投无路(走投無路) to reach an impasse
- 飞蛾投火(飛蛾投火) like a moth flying into the fire; to choose a path to certain destruction
- 投中 to hit the target with one's throw; (basketball) to score
- 投稿 to submit articles for publication; to contribute writing
- 拯溺钟石救火投薪(拯溺鍾石救火投薪) to save somebody from drowning with a heavy stone or to put out a fire by throwing on logs
- 投票箱 ballot box
- 投弹(投彈) to throw an explosive charge; to bomb
- 投光灯(投光燈) floodlight
- 投机(投機) to speculate; to take advantage of an opportunity ; congenial
- 空投 air drop; to drop supplies by air
- 投宿 to lodge; to stay (for the night)
- 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
- 投枪(投槍) to throw a javelin
- 病急乱投医(病急亂投醫) to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill; to try anyone or anything in a crisis
- 投保 to take out insurance; to insure
- 外国投资者(外國投資者) foreign investor
- 投资(投資) to invest ; investment
- 投寄 to send by post
- 股票投资(股票投資) to invest in stock; to buy shares
- 投资家(投資家) investor
- 脾胃相投 to share likes and dislikes
- 针锋相投(針鋒相投) points of a needle attract each other
- 投币口(投幣口) coin slot
- 投开票所(投開票所) polling station
- 投江 to jump into the river
- 投案 to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime)
- 现场投注(現場投注) live betting
- 招投标(招投標) bid inviting and bid offering; bidding; auction
- 投机取巧(投機取巧) to seize every opportunity; to be full of tricks
- 以碫投卵 to use a grindstone against an egg
- 如胶投漆(如膠投漆) like glue sticking to lacquer; joined at the hip
- 投壶(投壺) pitch pot
- 投袂而起 to shake one's sleeves and rise; to get excited and move to action
- 投资移民(投資移民) investment immigration; immigrant investor
- 情投意合 to have affinity with; to have the same thoughts
- 拱手投降 both hands up in surrender; unconditional surrender
- 投硬币(投硬幣) to insert a coin
- 投资者(投資者) investor
- 相投 to agree with one another; to be congenial ; to rely on; to seek help from ; to be equivalent to
- 投身 to throw oneself into; to devote oneself to ; to give up one's life
- 不记名投票(不記名投票) secret ballot
- 投杀(投殺) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
- 投票者 voter
- 投怀送抱(投懷送抱) to throw oneself in somebody's arms; to throw oneself at sb
- 投影片 slide used in a presentation
- 投稿人 contributor
- 投影机(投影機) projector
- 投放 to put in; to throw in
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- 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
- 第十一回 Chapter 11 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 19
- 卷八十二 志第三十二: 選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 18
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 16
- 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
- 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
- 卷二百〇一 列傳第八十八: 列女二 Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
- 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 13
- 卷一百七十八 志第一百三十一 食貨上六 Volume 178 Treatises 131: Finance and Economics 1f History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
Collocations
- 投畀 (投畀) 投畀豺虎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧巷伯 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiang Bo — count: 7
- 投石 (投石) 是猶以卵投石也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 7
- 投水 (投水) 以火投水 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
- 投鼠 (投鼠) 欲投鼠而忌其器 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 卵投 (卵投) 是猶以卵投石也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十二 貴義 Book 12 - Esteem for Righteousness — count: 4
- 投人 (投人) 桀石以投人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 石投 (石投) 以焚石投之 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 3
- 投杼 (投杼) 曾子母投杼踰垣而去 — New Discussions 新語, 卷上 道基第一 術事第二 輔政第三 無為第四 辨惑第五 慎微第六 Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 大投 (大投) 遺大投艱于朕身 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 2
- 投河 (投河) 故懷負石而投河 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 2