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

• 举身投地(舉身投地) do prostrations on the ground
• 似一滴投于巨壑(似一滴投於巨壑) like a drop of water thrown into the sea
• 五体投地(五體投地) throwing all five limbs to the ground ; to prostrate oneself on the ground
• 投地礼(投地禮) to prostrate oneself on the ground
• 饿虎投身塔(餓虎投身塔) Manikyala Stupa
• 五轮投地(五輪投地) to prostrate oneself on the ground
• 一句投火 to cast oneself into the fire for one sentence [of the truth]
• 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
• 投子 Touzi

Also contained in

投效 、 投军 、 投稿 、 臭味相投 、 话不投机 、 无条件投降 、 投鞭断流 、 投药 、 投资人 、 公投 、 投影线 、 投币口 、 脾胃相投 、 投稿人 、 投桃报李 、 投诉 、 投怀送抱 、 投资报酬率 、 拯溺钟石救火投薪 、 投放 、 招投标 、 投缘 、 投机倒把 、 投缳 、 全民投票 、 投票权 、 投江 、 投保人 、 投壶 、 北投 、 投靠 、 公民投票 、 投保方 、 投影几何学 、 外来投资 、 投开票所 、 投硬币 、 现场投注 、 以石投卵 、 南投县 、 投影图 、 投生

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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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