投

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

tóu ㄊㄡˊ

    • to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
    • to cast (a ballot)
    • to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)
    • to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)
    • to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)
    • to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)
    • to go to to seek refuge to place oneself into the hands of
    • to rinse (clothes) in water

      coll.

Classifiers (measure words)

to throw

Usually

Less often

to cast

to send

Other words read tóu

In the same tone

  • 头 tóu head
  • 骰 tóu dice
  • 牏 tóu short board
  • 亠 tóu "lid" radical in Chinese characters

tou with other tones

  • 透 tòu penetrate
  • 偷 tōu steal
  • 钭 tǒu wine flagon
  • 妵 tǒu (feminine name)
  • 媮 tōu improper

All 12 words read tou in any tone

Other words read tóu

In the same tone

  • 頭 tóu head
  • 骰 tóu dice
  • 牏 tóu short board
  • 亠 tóu "lid" radical in Chinese characters

tou with other tones

  • 透 tòu penetrate
  • 偷 tōu steal
  • 鈄 tǒu wine flagon
  • 妵 tǒu (feminine name)
  • 媮 tōu improper

All 12 words read tou in any tone

How 投 is written

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    扌殳
    形旁 meaning
    扌
    声旁 sound
    殳

    Words with 投

    Starting with 投

    All 97 words starting with 投

    Ending with 投

    • 空投 kōngtóu airdrop
    • 相投 xiāngtóu congenial
    • 创投 chuàngtóu venture capital investment
    • 意气相投 yìqìxiāngtóu congenial
    • 南投 nántóu Nantou city and county in central Taiwan

    All 11 words ending with 投

    Containing 投

    All 37 words containing 投

    Words with 投

    Starting with 投

    All 97 words starting with 投

    Ending with 投

    • 空投 kōngtóu airdrop
    • 相投 xiāngtóu congenial
    • 創投 chuàngtóu venture capital investment
    • 意氣相投 yìqìxiāngtóu congenial
    • 南投 nántóu Nantou city and county in central Taiwan

    All 11 words ending with 投

    Containing 投

    All 37 words containing 投

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