Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tóu
English
- throw, cast, fling, pitch
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
- to follow
- jump
- to cast (a ballot)
- to vote
- 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
- to vote
- to send; to deliver; to submit; to contribute
- to enter a bid
粵語
- 投票
- 將稿件傳畀某一間傳媒
- 參與拍賣競投,同人鬥高價買某件嘢返嚟
As a component in
Words containing 投
- 投入tau4 jap6
to throw into
- 投產tau4 caan2
to put into production
- 投資tau4 zi1
investment
- 投胎tau4 toi1
to be reincarnated
- 投票tau4 piu3
to vote; to cast a vote
- 投訴tau4 sou3
to lodge a complaint
- 投降tau4 hong4
to surrender
- 投機tau4 gei1
congenial; agreeable
- 公投gung1 tau4
referendum (abbr. for 公民投票[gong1 min2 tou2 piao4])
- 投放tau4 fong3
to input
- 投身tau4 san1
to throw oneself into sth
- 走投zau2 tau4
left; leaving (spoken)
- 投標tau4 biu1
to bid
- 投注tau4 zyu3
to throw one's energies (into an activity)
- 投稿tau4 gou2
to submit articles for publication
- 投射tau4 se6
to throw (a projectile)
- 投案tau4 on3
to surrender to the authorities
- 交投gaau1 tau4
trade
- 投保tau4 bou2
to take out insurance
- 投擲tau4 zaak6
to throw sth a long distance
- 投考tau4 haau2
to sign up for an examination
- 投靠tau4 kaau3
to rely on help from sb
- 空投hung1 tau4
to airdrop
- 投籃tau4 laam2
(basketball) to shoot for the basket