HSK 6 · Sport

投掷 tóuzhì “to throw” in Chinese

Traditional 投擲

What 投掷 means

  1. to throw
  2. to hurl
  3. to throw sth a long distance
  4. to throw at
  5. to throw (dice etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to flip (a coin)

How to say 投掷

  • 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掷zhì4th tone, falling

投掷 in a sentence

  1. 他在投掷比赛中得了第一名。

    Tā zài tóuzhì bǐsài zhōng dé le dìyī míng.

    He came first in the throwing event.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请不要向动物投掷食物。

    Qǐng búyào xiàng dòngwù tóuzhì shíwù.

    Please do not throw food to the animals.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 投掷 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 掷 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
掷zhìto toss
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 郑state in today's Henan · zhèngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 郑 (zhèng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 投掷

投 7 strokes · 掷 11 strokes

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

Words related to 投掷

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment投机tóujī · to speculate投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

More words: Sport & Leisure

操场cāochǎng · playground气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat田径tiánjìng · athletics跳跃tiàoyuè · to jump选手xuǎnshǒu · competitor亚军yàjūn · runner-up阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)

FAQs

投掷 (tóuzhì) means “to throw” or “to hurl”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóuzhì: tóu with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 投掷 is written 投擲. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投掷 from the suggestions. Typing touzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投掷 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.