投

How to write 投, stroke by stroke

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What 投 means

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 殳

Made of 扌 + 殳

Words with 投

• 投票tóu piàoto vote; vote
• 投降tóu xiángto surrender
• 投资tóu zīinvestment; to invest
• 投入tóu rùto throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
• 投诉tóu sùto lodge a complaint
• 投手tóu shǒuthrower; pitcher; bowler
• 投资者tóu zī zhěinvestor
• 投篮tóu lánto shoot for the basket (basketball)
• 投胎tóu tāito be reincarnated
• 投靠tóu kàoto rely on help from sb
• 投掷tóu zhìto throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
• 投资人tóu zī réninvestor

投 in a sentence

• 他已经足够大去投票了

  tā yǐ jīng zú gòu dà qù tóu piào le

  He's old enough to vote, isn't he?

• 我宁死也不投降。

  wǒ níng sǐ yě bù tóu xiáng 。

  I would rather die than surrender.

• 这投资保证有 6% 的回报。

  zhè tóu zī bǎo zhèng yǒu 6 % de huí bào 。

  A 6% yield is guaranteed on the investment.

• 我已经厌倦了你的投诉。

  wǒ yǐ jīng yàn juàn le nǐ de tóu sù 。

  I'm tired of your complaints.

• 最早一批电脑1945年投入使用。

  zuì zǎo yì pī diàn nǎo 1 9 4 5 nián tóu rù shǐ yòng 。

  The first electronic computers went into operation in 1945.

Characters that sound like 投

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