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)
18. tóu verb throw; kṣepa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kṣepa, Japanese: tou, Tibetan: sdod pa (BCSD '投', p. 540; Mahāvyutpatti 'kṣepaḥ'; MW 'kṣepa'; SH '投', p. 240; Unihan '投')

Contained in

• 以针投钵(以針投鉢) use a needle placed in a bowl
• 飞蛾投火，作茧自缚(飛蛾投火，作繭自縛) like a moth flying into the flame, and a silkworm trapping itself in a cocoon
• 菩萨投身饴饿虎起塔因缘经(菩薩投身飴餓虎起塔因緣經) Pusa Toushen Yi E Hu Qi Ta Yinyuan Jing
• 投入才能深入 付出才能杰出 平凡才能不凡 磨练才能熟练(投入才能深入 付出才能傑出 平凡才能不凡 磨練才能熟練) Only commitment leads to depth, Only devotion leads to excellence, Only by being ordinary can one be extraordinary, Only training leads to skilfulness.
• 饿虎投身塔(餓虎投身塔) Manikyala Stupa
• 似一滴投于巨壑(似一滴投於巨壑) like a drop of water thrown into the sea

Also contained in

投止 、 一举手一投足 、 投影线 、 投诉 、 投影仪 、 投拍 、 投放 、 南投市 、 大投资家 、 投军 、 投影面 、 病急乱投医 、 投票率 、 正投影 、 南投 、 投店 、 投注 、 租地人投标票权 、 投票 、 投票权 、 外来投资 、 投标 、 北投 、 投射 、 投光灯 、 投篮机 、 投效 、 投稿 、 投缳自缢 、 投机取巧 、 投保方 、 救火投薪 、 招投标 、 投暮 、 投怀送抱 、 投合 、 投篮 、 投袂而起 、 投鼠忌器 、 投枪 、 投寄 、 拱手投降 、 话不投机半句多 、 话不投机 、 投宿

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 20 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 24
• Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 20
• Scroll 1 Li Dai Fabao Ji 曆代法寶記 — count: 18 , has English translation
• Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 17
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 16
• Scroll 27 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 15
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 14
• Scroll 1 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — count: 13
• Scroll 4 Huayan Jing Zhuanji 華嚴經傳記 — count: 13
• Scroll 8 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 12

Collocations

• 投水 (投水) 尋以寶物還投水中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 13
• 投地 (投地) 即身投地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 10
• 投火 (投火) 如酥投火 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 9
• 投巖 (投巖) 投巖自殺 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 5
• 身投 (身投) 即身投地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 4
• 酥投 (酥投) 如酥投火 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4
• 投危 (投危) 吾寧投危以濟彼矣 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 6 — count: 3
• 丸投 (丸投) 如熱丸投於冷水 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
• 枪投 (槍投) 如鐵槍投水 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 3
• 杖投 (杖投) 猶如以杖投著水中 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 40 — count: 3