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
投降
tóuxiáng
surrender; capitulate
Characters in this word
降 jiàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 夅 to descend, to fall
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在补给线被切断后，守军最终被迫投降。 Zài bǔjǐxiàn bèi qiēduàn hòu, shǒujūn zuìzhōng bèi pò tóuxiáng. After the supply line was cut off, the defending troops were eventually forced to surrender.
- 面对这场危机，总经理拒绝向压力投降。 Miànduì zhè chǎng wēijī, zǒngjīnglǐ jùjué xiàng yālì tóuxiáng. Facing this crisis, the general manager refused to surrender to the pressure.
- 这盘棋他坚持了很久，最终还是投降了。 Zhè pán qí tā jiānchí le hěn jiǔ, zuìzhōng háishì tóuxiáng le. He held out for a long time in this game of chess, but in the end he still surrendered.
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
- 投射 tóushè project; cast
- 投身 tóushēn devote oneself to; throw oneself into
- 投掷 tóuzhì throw; hurl