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投 tóu

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')
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')
tóu verb to emit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: To emit light; in the sense of 映照 (Guoyu '投' v 4)
tóu verb to fire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: To fire a projectle (Kroll 2015 '投' 1c)
tóu verb to stand up; to participate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '投' 2)
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)
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)
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)
tóu noun dice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 骰 (Kroll 2015 '投' 7)
tóu verb to load; to pack
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 放进 (Guoyu '投' v 2)
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)
tóu verb to join
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '投' v 7)
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)
tóu verb to scatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 甩 or 挥 (Guoyu '投' v 10)
tóu verb to abandon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 抛弃 (Guoyu '投' v 11)
tóu verb to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 用 (Guoyu '投' v 12)
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)
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

投机(投機) to speculate; to take advantage of an opportunity ; congenial ; to avail oneself of an opportunity

Also contained in

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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 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — 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
酥投 (酥投) 如酥投火 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4
身投 (身投) 即身投地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 4
油投 (油投) 亦如油投火 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 3
丸投 (丸投) 如熱丸投於冷水 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
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
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