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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

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
投多 elimination of defilements through ascetic practice
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
投地礼(投地禮) to prostrate oneself on the ground
五轮投地(五輪投地) to prostrate oneself on the ground
宜往投归(宜往投歸) it would be advantageous to go to him to take refuge
五体投地(五體投地) throwing all five limbs to the ground ; to prostrate oneself on the ground
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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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 4 Huayan Jing Zhuanji 華嚴經傳記 — count: 13
Scroll 1 Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經 — 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: 14
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
丸投 (丸投) 如熱丸投於冷水 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
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
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