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
- 投机倒把(投機倒把) to play the market
- 投放市场(投放市場) to put something on the market
- 胶漆相投(膠漆相投) to stick together like glue and lacquer
- 投放 to put in; to throw in
- 投币(投幣) coin-operated; to insert coins
- 投诚(投誠) to defect; to surrender; to capitulate
- 话不投机(話不投機) the conversation is disagreeable
- 针芥相投(針芥相投) a needle and a small particle attract each other
- 无条件投降(無條件投降) unconditional surrender
- 现场投注(現場投注) live betting
- 拱手投降 both hands up in surrender; unconditional surrender
- 创投基金(創投基金) venture capital fund
- 投保人 policy holder; insured person
- 投资移民(投資移民) investment immigration; immigrant investor
- 自投罗网(自投羅網) to walk into a trap
- 招投标(招投標) bid inviting and bid offering; bidding; auction
- 投保 to take out insurance; to insure
- 企投 to have fun
- 情投意合 to have affinity with; to have the same thoughts
- 提前投票 early vote
- 投降 to surrender
- 投缘(投緣) to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
- 投注 to throw one's energies (into an activity); to invest one's emotions; to bet; betting
- 投光灯(投光燈) floodlight
- 外国投资者(外國投資者) foreign investor
- 投入 to throw in ; to focus on ; to throw input into operation
- 投票匦(投票匭) ballot box
- 投弹(投彈) to throw an explosive charge; to bomb
- 投资报酬率(投資報酬率) return on investment; rate of return
- 投产(投產) to go into operation
- 投閒置散 to discard; to not give importance to
- 投资人(投資人) investor
- 斜投影 oblique projection
- 投资风险(投資風險) investment risk
- 股票投资(股票投資) to invest in stock; to buy shares
- 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
- 针锋相投(針鋒相投) points of a needle attract each other
- 投杀(投殺) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
- 投手 a (baseball) pitcher
- 投石问路(投石問路) to toss a stone to find out what's ahead; to test the waters
- 投诉(投訴) complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (especially as a customer)
- 投身 to throw oneself into; to devote oneself to ; to give up one's life
- 投影图(投影圖) perspective drawing
- 投币口(投幣口) coin slot
- 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
- 投影面 plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
- 投契 to get along well; congenial; to speculate (on financial markets)
- 不记名投票(不記名投票) secret ballot
Also contained in
以针投钵 、 中国国际信托投资公司 、 北投
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
- 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
- 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 13
- 卷一百〇 列傳第七十 王彌 張昌 陳敏 王如 杜曾 杜弢 王機 祖約 蘇峻 孫恩 盧循 譙縱 Volume 100 Biographies 70: Wang Mi; Zhang Chang; Chen Min; Wang Ru; Du Ceng; Du Tao; Wang Ji; Zu Yue; Su Jun; Sun En; Lu Xun; Qiao Zong Book of Jin 晉書 — 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: 6
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 投钩 (投鉤) 投鉤者 — Xunzi 荀子, 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign — count: 2