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
投射
tóushè
project; cast
Characters in this word
射 shè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这部小说把作者对故乡的矛盾情感投射到主人公身上。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō bǎ zuòzhě duì gùxiāng de máodùn qínggǎn tóushè dào zhǔréngōng shēnshang. This novel projects the author's conflicted feelings about his hometown onto the protagonist.
- 夕阳把长长的影子投射在墙上。 Xīyáng bǎ chángcháng de yǐngzi tóushè zài qiángshàng. The setting sun casts a long shadow on the wall.
- 投影仪把图表投射到白色的幕布上。 Tóuyǐngyí bǎ túbiǎo tóushè dào báisè de mùbù shàng. The projector casts the chart onto the white screen.
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
- 投票 tóupiào to vote
- 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
- 投身 tóushēn devote oneself to; throw oneself into
- 投降 tóuxiáng surrender; capitulate
- 投掷 tóuzhì throw; hurl