投 tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
投票
tóupiào
to vote
Characters in this word
票 piào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 全体成员将在明天投票决定是否修改章程。 Quántǐ chéngyuán jiāng zài míngtiān tóupiào juédìng shìfǒu xiūgǎi zhāngchéng. All members will vote tomorrow to decide whether to revise the charter.
- 我们班用投票的方式选出了新班长。 Wǒmen bān yòng tóupiào de fāngshì xuǎn chū le xīn bānzhǎng. Our class chose a new class monitor by voting.
- 请大家投票选出你们最喜欢的电影。 Qǐng dàjiā tóupiào xuǎn chū nǐmen zuì xǐhuan de diànyǐng. Everyone, please vote for the film you like best.
Related words
- 投 tóu to throw
- 投入 tóurù to put into; to be absorbed in
- 投诉 tóusù to complain
- 投资 tóuzī to invest
- 投奔 tóubèn go to sb. for shelter; seek refuge with
- 投放 tóufàng put in; release; place
- 投稿 tóugǎo submit a manuscript
- 投机 tóujī speculate; opportunistic; congenial
- 投射 tóushè project; cast
- 投身 tóushēn devote oneself to; throw oneself into
- 投降 tóuxiáng surrender; capitulate
- 投掷 tóuzhì throw; hurl