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掷

zhì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 擲

What 掷 means

1. to toss
2. to throw dice
3. Taiwan pr. zhí

Example sentences

• 他把球掷向墙上。
  Tā bǎ qiú zhì xiàng qiáng shàng.
  He tossed the ball towards the wall.
• 让我们掷币决定?
  Let's toss up for it.
• 我们掷硬币决定吧。
  Wǒmen zhì yìngbì juédìng ba.
  Let's decide by coin toss.
• 警方将催泪弹投掷到了建筑中。
  The cops threw tear-gas bombs into the building.
• 杰克快速掷界外球给他的队友。
  Jake quickly threw the ball in to his teammate.
• 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!

Words starting with 掷

• 掷地有声zhì dì yǒu shēnglit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom)…
• 掷色zhì shǎito throw the dice
• 掷还zhì huánplease return (an item sent in the mail)
• 掷骰子zhì tóu zito throw the dice
• 掷筊zhì jiǎo(folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯
• 掷杯zhì bēisee 掷筊

Words containing 掷

• 投掷tóu zhìto throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at
• 孤注一掷gū zhù yī zhìto stake all on one throw
• 一掷千金yī zhì qiān jīnlit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom)…
• 抛掷pāo zhìto throw; to toss
• 豪掷háo zhìto spend (a large amount of money)
• 千金一掷qiān jīn yī zhìlit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom)…

Characters that look like 掷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 椰yē(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 榔lángtall tree (archaic)
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics
• 郴chēnused in 郴州

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere