Chinese word dictionary

投票

tóupiào · to vote; vote

Practice word

Word information

Simplified投票

Traditional投票

Pinyintóupiào

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

投tóu

to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest

票piào

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper

How to learn 投票

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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机票jīpiào

plane ticket; airline ticket; CL:張|张[zhang1]

门票ménpiào

ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

票piào

ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions

检票jiǎnpiào

to inspect a ticket; to examine a ballot

售票员shòupiàoyuán

ticket seller

投tóu

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water