投
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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; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
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Dict coverage rank #541 U+6295
How 投 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 殳 (phonetic, shū)
components: 扌 殳
How to remember it
throw · Heisig RSH #646
fingers + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 殳
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 殳 (shū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殳 sound component | shū | tool, weapon |
| 没 | méi | not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown |
| 设 | shè | to build, to design; to establish; to offer |
| 股 | gǔ | share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump |
| 觳 | hú | goblet, horn; frightened |
| 殁 | mò | dead; to die |
Words containing 投
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石投大海 | shí tóu dà hǎi | to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea; to vanish forever without trace |
| 话不投机 | huà bù tóu jī | (idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see ey… |
| 意气相投 | yì qì xiāng tóu | congenial |
| 南投县 | Nán tóu Xiàn | Nantou County in central Taiwan |
| 南投市 | Nán tóu shì | Nantou city in central Taiwan, capital of Nantou county |
| 自投罗网 | zì tóu luó wǎng | to walk right into the trap |
| 亚投行 | Yà Tóu háng | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, abbr. for 亞洲基礎設施投資銀行|亚洲基础设施投资银行[Ya4 zhou1 Ji1 chu3 S… |
| 五体投地 | wǔ tǐ tóu dì | to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb |
| 情投意合 | qíng tóu yì hé | (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial |
| 投机者 | tóu jī zhě | speculator |
| 北投区 | Běi tóu Qū | Beitou, a district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 投影中心 | tóu yǐng zhōng xīn | center of projection |
| 投放市场 | tóu fàng shì chǎng | to put sth on the market |
| 走投无路 | zǒu tóu wú lù | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate |
| 投保人 | tóu bǎo rén | policy holder; insured person |
| 一举手一投足 | yī jǔ shǒu yī tóu zú | every little move; every single movement |
| 全情投入 | quán qíng tóu rù | to put one's heart and soul into |
| 投中 | tóu zhòng | to hit the target with one's throw; (basketball) to score |
| 先发投手 | xiān fā tóu shǒu | (baseball) starting pitcher |
| 投生 | tóu shēng | reborn (of departed spirit); to be reincarnated; to leave home for a new life |