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)

Contained in

• 投效 to throw oneself into a task
• 投止 to stay away from home
• 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
• 企投 to have fun
• 投机者(投機者) speculator
• 投手 a （baseball) pitcher
• 投资风险(投資風險) investment risk
• 投机倒把(投機倒把) to play the market
• 投影图(投影圖) perspective drawing
• 投影线(投影線) line of project; projection line
• 国际投资(國際投資) international investing
• 投票箱 ballot box
• 投币口(投幣口) coin slot
• 投诉(投訴) complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (especially as a customer)
• 飞蛾投火(飛蛾投火) like a moth flying into the fire; to choose a path to certain destruction
• 投票者 voter
• 投宿 to lodge; to stay (for the night)
• 投影仪(投影儀) a projector
• 投店 to stop at a hostel
• 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
• 投票率 proportion of vote; turnout in election
• 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
• 投币(投幣) coin-operated; to insert coins
• 投篮(投籃) to shoot for the basket (basketball)
• 投靠 to rely on help from ; to seek help [from somebody with power]
• 投暮 night fall; dusk
• 大投资家(大投資家) big investor
• 投井下石 to throw stones at somebody who fell down a well; to hit a person who is down
• 创业投资(創業投資) venture capital
• 投资(投資) to invest ; investment
• 投保 to take out insurance; to insure
• 租地人投标票权(租地人投標票權) occupation franchise
• 投影机(投影機) projector
• 外来投资(外來投資) foreign investment
• 情投意合 to have affinity with; to have the same thoughts
• 投资者(投資者) investor
• 全民投票 referendum; plebiscite
• 投递员(投遞員) courier; mailman
• 投保人 policy holder; insured person
• 投资回报率(投資回報率) return on investment (ROI)
• 空投 air drop; to drop supplies by air
• 投机买卖(投機買賣) buying and selling on speculation
• 投胎 to be reincarnated
• 投篮机(投籃機) arcade basketball machine; miniature hoops
• 投书(投書) to deliver; to send a letter; a letter (of complaint, opinion etc)

Also contained in

南投 、 北投区 、 中国国际信托投资公司 、 投子义青 、 风险投资

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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
• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 13
• 卷二百九十五 列傳第一百八十三 忠義七 Volume 295 Biographies 183: Loyal Officials 7 History of Ming 明史 — 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: 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
• 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
• 卒投 (卒投) 卒投 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 2