HSK 6 · Society

投票 tóupiào “to vote” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 投票 means

  1. to vote
  2. to cast a vote

How to say 投票

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale投tóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale票piào4th tone, falling

投票 in a sentence

  1. 我们要投票。

    Wǒmen yào tóupiào.

    We’re going to vote.

    Sentence #9453421 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在美国，大多数人能在十八岁以后投票。

    Zài Měiguó, dàduōshù rén néng zài shíbā suì yǐhòu tóupiào.

    In the US, most people can vote once they turn eighteen.

    Sentence #5670805 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 玛丽不参加投票。

    Mǎlì bù cānjiā tóupiào.

    Mary isn’t voting.

    Sentence #13943561 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 投票 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 投 (tóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
投tóuto throw
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with tóu.

The character 票 (piào) with each of its parts in a different colour
票piàoticket
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yà
  • 示sign · shì

How to write 投票

投 7 strokes · 票 11 strokes

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投票 (tóupiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 投票 (tóupiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 投票

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment投掷tóuzhì · to throw投机tóujī · to speculate投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 票

票piào · ticket机票jīpiào · air ticket门票ménpiào · entrance ticket (for an attraction检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets发票fāpiào · invoice股票gǔpiào · shares支票zhīpiào · cheque彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket钞票chāopiào · banknote

More words: Society & Law

条约tiáoyuē · treaty通缉tōngjī · to put on the wanted list同志tóngzhì · comrade统治tǒngzhì · to rule投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group

FAQs

投票 (tóupiào) means “to vote” or “to cast a vote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóupiào: tóu with a 2nd tone, then piào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 投票 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type toupiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投票 from the suggestions. Typing toupiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投票 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.