投 tóu

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. tóu verb to emit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: To emit light; in the sense of 映照 (Guoyu '投' v 4)
4. tóu verb to fire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: To fire a projectle (Kroll 2015 '投' 1c)
5. tóu verb to stand up; to participate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '投' 2)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. tóu noun dice
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 骰 (Kroll 2015 '投' 7)
10. tóu verb to load; to pack
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 放进 (Guoyu '投' v 2)
11. 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)
12. tóu verb to join
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '投' v 7)
13. 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)
14. tóu verb to scatter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 甩 or 挥 (Guoyu '投' v 10)
15. tóu verb to abandon
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (Guoyu '投' v 11)
16. tóu verb to use
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '投' v 12)
17. 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)

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• 自投罗网(自投羅網) to walk into a trap
• 石投大海 to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea; to vanish forever without trace
• 投靠 to rely on help from ; to seek help [from somebody with power]
• 投机者(投機者) speculator
• 大投资家(大投資家) big investor
• 投放市场(投放市場) to put something on the market
• 不记名投票(不記名投票) secret ballot
• 投产(投產) to go into operation
• 投壶(投壺) pitch pot
• 投掷(投擲) to throw; to hurl
• 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
• 公投 referendum
• 投票机器(投票機器) voting machine
• 投药(投藥) to take medicine
• 外国投资者(外國投資者) foreign investor
• 投硬币(投硬幣) to insert a coin
• 投袂而起 to shake one's sleeves and rise; to get excited and move to action
• 投篮机(投籃機) arcade basketball machine; miniature hoops
• 解甲投戈 remove armor and throw down weapons; to abandon battle
• 投影几何(投影幾何) projective geometry
• 投閒置散 to discard; to not give importance to
• 投鼠忌器 to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases
• 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
• 企投 to have fun
• 一举手一投足(一舉手一投足) every little move; every single movement
• 投影面 plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
• 投入 to throw in ; to focus on ; to throw input into operation
• 投币(投幣) coin-operated; to insert coins
• 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
• 投缘(投緣) to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
• 投奔 to seek shelter; to seek asylum
• 投师(投師) to join a guru for instruction
• 投影机(投影機) projector
• 投手 a （baseball) pitcher
• 投其所好 to cater to other people's pleasures
• 投桃报李(投桃報李) toss a peach, get back a plum; to return a favor; to exchange gifts
• 投影仪(投影儀) a projector
• 明珠暗投 to cast pearls before swine; not to get proper recognition for one's talents
• 投契 to get along well; congenial; to speculate (on financial markets)
• 投映 (of a light source) to cast one's light on; to project (an image)
• 情投意合 to have affinity with; to have the same thoughts
• 租地人投标票权(租地人投標票權) occupation franchise
• 投资者(投資者) investor
• 全民投票 referendum; plebiscite
• 脾胃相投 to share likes and dislikes
• 投票者 voter
• 投身 to throw oneself into; to devote oneself to ; to give up one's life
• 投篮(投籃) to shoot for the basket (basketball)
• 投枪(投槍) to throw a javelin
• 投杀(投殺) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out

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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
• 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
• 投水 (投水) 以火投水 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 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
• 投鼠 (投鼠) 欲投鼠而忌其器 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — 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
• 投地 (投地) 今投地死傷 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十七 天地之行第七十八 威德所生第七十九 如天之為第八十 天地陰陽第八十一 天道施第八十二　Scroll 17 — 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