投
tóu HSK4

throw

投 tóu
cast verb
to cast a ballot, a glance, or a shadow

大家都投了赞成票。

dà​jiā dōu tóu le zàn​chéng​piào.

Everyone voted in favor.

throw verb
to throw an object in a specific direction or throw oneself into water

他把球投进了篮筐。

tā bǎ qiú tóu jìn le lán​kuāng.

He threw the ball into the hoop.

send verb
to send or deliver a letter or manuscript

他给杂志社投了一份稿件。

tā gěi zá​zhì​shè tóu le yī fèn gǎo​jiàn.

He submitted a manuscript to the magazine.

put in verb
to invest money or put a coin into a slot machine

他在股市里投了不少钱。

tā zài gǔ​shì lǐ tóu le bù​shǎo qián.

He invested a lot of money in the stock market.

rinse verb
to rinse clothes in water

衣服洗好了，再投两遍。

yī​fu xǐ hǎo le, zài tóu liǎng biàn.

The clothes are washed; rinse them twice more.

seek refuge verb
to go to a person or place for help or protection

他千里迢迢来到京城，想要投在名师门下。

tā qiān​lǐ​tiáo​tiáo lái​dào jīng​chéng, xiǎng​yào tóu zài míng​shī mén​xià.

He traveled a long way to the capital, wanting to study under a famous master.

Frequency
Character
Written text
516th most common 411.9 per million
Movie subtitles
591st most common 240.3 per million appears in 48% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
69.7 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
137.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6295

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)