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

• 人来投主，鸟来投林(人來投主，鳥來投林) people come to help the host, birds come and settle in the forest
• 投止 to stay away from home
• 投暮 night fall; dusk
• 投缳自缢(投繯自縊) to hang oneself
• 投票 to vote
• 投生 to be reborn
• 投手 a （baseball) pitcher
• 意气相投(意氣相投) to have the same feelings as
• 如胶投漆(如膠投漆) like glue sticking to lacquer; joined at the hip
• 投案 to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime)
• 投射 projection ; to throw ; to shine; to radiate; to cast light ; to seize an opportunity
• 自投罗网(自投羅網) to walk into a trap
• 针锋相投(針鋒相投) points of a needle attract each other
• 投效 to throw oneself into a task
• 投店 to stop at a hostel
• 投影面 plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
• 脾胃相投 to share likes and dislikes
• 外来投资(外來投資) foreign investment
• 投标(投標) to bid
• 投诚(投誠) to defect; to surrender; to capitulate
• 招投标(招投標) bid inviting and bid offering; bidding; auction
• 投契 to get along well; congenial; to speculate (on financial markets)
• 投开票所(投開票所) polling station
• 提前投票 early vote
• 投票站 polling station (for a vote)
• 投注 to throw one's energies (into an activity); to invest one's emotions; to bet; betting
• 石投大海 to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea; to vanish forever without trace
• 投诉(投訴) complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (especially as a customer)
• 投桃报李(投桃報李) toss a peach, get back a plum; to return a favor; to exchange gifts
• 投递(投遞) to deliver
• 投票匦(投票匭) ballot box
• 无条件投降(無條件投降) unconditional surrender
• 投影图(投影圖) perspective drawing
• 投币(投幣) coin-operated; to insert coins
• 投笔从戎(投筆從戎) to lay down the pen and take up the sword; to join the military
• 投篮机(投籃機) arcade basketball machine; miniature hoops
• 以碫投卵 to use a grindstone against an egg
• 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
• 国际投资(國際投資) international investing
• 投机买卖(投機買賣) buying and selling on speculation
• 救火投薪 to put out a fire by throwing on logs; to do something that makes a bad situation worse
• 投缘(投緣) to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
• 投票权(投票權) suffrage; right to vote
• 胶漆相投(膠漆相投) to stick together like glue and lacquer
• 大投资家(大投資家) big investor
• 弃暗投明(棄暗投明) abandon the dark and seek the light
• 一举手一投足(一舉手一投足) every little move; every single movement
• 公投 referendum
• 投师(投師) to join a guru for instruction

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投拍 、 风险投资

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• 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
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• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 13
• 卷八十四 列傳第四十四 鄧琬 袁顗 孔覬 Volume 84 Biographies 44: Deng Wan, Yuan Yi, Kong Ji Book of Song 宋書 — 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: 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
• 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
• 母投 (母投) 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: 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