投
HSK 4freq #1081
Meanings
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- 1.to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
- 2.to cast (a ballot)
- 3.to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)
- 4.to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)
- 5.to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)
- 6.to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)
- 7.to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
- 8.(coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
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Wiktionary
- 1.to throw; to fling; to pitch
- 2.to throw oneself into
- 3.to put in; to drop
- 4.to fit in with
- 5.to send
- 6.to cast; to project
- 7.to join; to go to
- 8.to rinse (clothes) in water
- 9.to report; to tell on; to snitch; to inform one's superiors; to complain to one's parents or superiors
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *doː): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 殳 (OC *djo). Compare Tibetan འདོར་བ ('dor ba, “to throw away; to eject; to reject”), Tibetan གཏོར་བ (gtor ba, “to strew; to scatter”) (Unger, 1986).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你投给谁？
Who are you voting for?
没有人投反对票。
No one voted against it.
没有人投反对票。
Nobody voted against it.
他給自己投了保險。
He insured himself.
您已經投了票了嗎？
Have you already voted?
您已經投了票了嗎？
Have you voted yet?
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Derived terms
一投下井投石不相投乘間投隙乘间投隙二返投唐五體投地五体投地以卵投石以石投卵以石投水以碫投卵以蚓投魚以蚓投鱼信任投票全民投票公共投資公共投资公民投票公開投票公开投票分投勝利投手胜利投手北投南投去暗投明單記投票单记投票器鼠難投
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Related words
投票 to vote; to cast a vote投资 investment投入 to throw into投诉 to lodge a complaint投降 to surrender投机 congenial; agreeable投稿 to submit articles for publication投身 to throw oneself into sth投掷 to throw sth a long distance投射 to throw (a projectile)投奔 to seek shelter投行 investment bank (abbr. for 投资银行[tóu zī yín háng])