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tóu

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tóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóu | tou2
English translation
to cast
to send
to throw oneself (into the river etc)
to seek refuge
to place oneself into the hands of
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest

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About tóu

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

tóu

Contains the radical

shǒu

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of tóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌殳

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

shū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and shū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tóu

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快速 kuài sù 投递 tóu dì 额外 éwài 费用 fèi yòng .

You have to pay a premium for express delivery.

那个 nà ge 饿 è Hàn 贪婪 tānlán de 食物 shíwù 投入 tóurù 口中.

The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth.

使用 shǐyòng 硫酸钙 liú suān gài zuò 原料 yuánliào ,需要 xūyào gēng duō de 基建 jī jiàn 投资 tóuzī .

The use of calcium sulfate requires an greater capital investment.

同时 tóngshí 承诺 chéngnuò zài 五年 nèi 投资 tóuzī 二千三百五十亿 Yuán 进行 jìnxíng 基建 jī jiàn .

He also undertook to earmark $ 235 billion in government expenditure on infrastructure projects within five years.

大约 dàyuē 20 miǎo Hòu ,影音 yǐng yīn 讯号 xùn hào 便 biàn huì 投射 tóu shè zài 银幕 yín mù shǎng .

AV signal will appear on the screen around 20 seconds later.

Words with tóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
投资 tóuzī investment投資
投票 tóupiào to vote投票 tóupiào
tóu to cast tóu
投入 tóurù to throw into投入 tóurù
投资者 tóu zī zhě investor投資者
投诉 tóusù complaint投訴
投降 tóuxiáng to surrender投降 tóuxiáng
投放 tóu fàng to input投放 tóu fàng
投篮 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball)投籃
投手 tóu shǒu thrower投手 tóu shǒu
投机 tóujī opportunistic投機
投资人 tóu zī rén investor投資人
投标 tóu biāo to bid投標
投产 tóu chǎn to put into production投產
投稿 tóu gǎo to contribute (writing)投稿 tóu gǎo
投身 tóu shēn to throw oneself into sth投身 tóu shēn
走投无路 zǒu tóu wú lù in a tight spot走投無路
投保 tóu bǎo to insure投保 tóu bǎo
投影 tóu yǐng to project投影 tóu yǐng
投靠 tóu kào to rely on help from sb投靠 tóu kào
投掷 tóuzhì to hurl投擲
投票权 tóu piào quán suffrage投票權
投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated投胎 tóu tāi

tóu Decomposition & Compounds

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tóu Decomposition

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