投
投 in English
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / 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
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
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Warring States script 戰國.秦 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 5 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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事实上，投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。
Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympian sport!
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你投给谁？
Who are you voting for?
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你投资多少？
How much do you have invested?
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六个人投了这份工作，但他们中没有一个被录用。
Six people applied for the job, but none of them were employed.
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在美国，大多数人能在十八岁以后投票。
In the U.S., most people can vote when they reach eighteen years of age.
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外国投资者从美国收回他们的钱。
Foreign investors withdrew their money from America.
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她想要投诉。
She wishes to press charges.
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当更多的纸币投入使用，价格就下跌了。
As more paper money came into use, the value fell.