Chinese symbol for “hurl”
投掷
tóu zhì
Traditional: 投擲
to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hurl is 投掷 (tóu zhì), defined as: to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 投掷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into; to put into |
| 投票 | tóu piào | to vote; to cast a vote |
| 投诉 (投訴) | tóu sù | to lodge a complaint |
| 投资者 (投資者) | tóu zī zhě | investor |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
| 孤注一掷 (孤注一擲) | gū zhù yī zhì | to stake all on one throw |
| 掷地有声 (擲地有聲) | zhì dì yǒu shēng | lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hurl”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.