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投掷

tóu zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 投擲

投掷 (tóu zhì) means "to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 投掷 means

1. to throw sth a long distance
2. to hurl
3. to throw at
4. to throw (dice etc)
5. to flip (a coin)

The characters in 投掷

• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 掷zhìto toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí

Example sentences

• 警方将催泪弹投掷到了建筑中。
  The cops threw tear-gas bombs into the building.
• 事实上，投掷侏儒是奥运会的运动项目。
  Shìshíshàng, tóuzhì zhūrú shì àoyùnhuì de yùndòng xiàngmù.
  Indeed, dwarf tossing is an Olympic sport!

Where 投掷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tǒng–tǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tóu zhì correctly.
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