投 (tau4) — project; produce; cast in Cantonese

tauˎ₄投

Mandarin Pinyin: tou2

Meaning of 投

verbproject; produce; cast

verbsend; deliver; put in; drop

verbcast; throw; fling; toss; hurl; pitch

verbplunge into; throw oneself into; join

verbfit in with; agree with; cater to

nounto follow/to vote

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Example Sentences with 投

阿媽同我女朋友傾到好投契

My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上

I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

你敢拒載我就投訴你

I'll report you if you refuse to taxi me.

經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。

Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女

Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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Words Containing 投

外商投資企業ngoi6 soeng1 tau4 zi1 kei5 jip6

foreign investment enterprise (FIE). Note: [普] 企3, [國] 企4.

話不投機半句多waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 bun3 geoi3 do1

(saying) 酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機/半句多

投懷送抱tau4 waai4 sung3 pou5

throw oneself at

網上投注mong5 soeng6 tau4 zyu3

internet betting

投標tau4 biu1

to submit a bid; to put in a bid

競投ging6 tau4

bid; submit bids

下世投胎haa6 sai3 tau4 toi1

(fig.) next time | [國] 來世投胎

場外投注站coeng4 ngoi6 tau4 zyu3 zaam6

off-course betting centre - unofficial name of off-course betting branch (場外投注處)

公民投票gung1 man4 tau4 piu3

a referendum

交投gaau1 tau4

trade

自投羅網zi6 tau4 lo4 mong5

walk right into the trap; deliver oneself into the hands of an enemy; dig oneself into a hole

投閒置散tau4 haan4 zi3 saan2

to be placed in a unimportant position; be put in charge of an insignificant job

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