HSK 5 · Money

投入 tóurù “to put in” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 投入 means

  1. to put in
  2. to invest
  3. absorbed (in)
  4. to throw into
  5. to put into
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to throw oneself into
  • to participate in
  • to invest in
  • absorbed

How to say 投入

  • 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入rù4th tone, falling

投入 in a sentence

  1. 我在这项计划上投入了所有精力。

    Wǒ zài zhè xiàng jìhuà shàng tóurù le suǒyǒu jīnglì.

    I’ve put all my energy into this plan.

    Sentence #2255109 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她似乎把自己所有的精力都投入到了事业上。

    Tā sìhū bǎ zìjǐ suǒyǒu de jīnglì dōu tóurù dào le shìyè shàng.

    She seems to put all her energy into her career.

    Sentence #1902268 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 从那时起，他就全心全意地投入到他的工作。

    Cóng nàshí qǐ, tā jiù quánxīnquányì de tóurù dào tā de gōngzuò.

    Since then he has thrown himself wholeheartedly into his work.

    Sentence #884886 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 投入 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 入 (rù) drawn as one shape
入rùto enter; to go into

入 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 投入

投 7 strokes · 入 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 投入

Words with 投

投资tóuzī · investment投掷tóuzhì · to throw投机tóujī · to speculate投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 入

入rù · to enter入口rùkǒu · entrance收入shōurù · income进入jìnrù · to enter加入jiārù · to join输入shūrù · to input陷入xiànrù · to fall into

More words: Money & Economy

市场shìchǎng · marketplace税shuì · taxes损失sǔnshī · loss讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain投资tóuzī · investment消费xiāofèi · to consume押金yājīn · deposit优惠yōuhuì · preferential

FAQs

投入 (tóurù) means “to put in” or “to invest”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tóurù: tóu with a 2nd tone, then rù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 投入 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投入 from the suggestions. Typing touru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投入 is an HSK 5 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.