投注

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zyu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-chù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ zu³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶deu-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujhù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chu⁴
    • Yale: tóu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjuh
    • Palladius: тоучжу (toučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zyu³
    • Yale: tàuh jyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ju³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡syː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chù
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tsù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauzux
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ t͡su²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ zu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu tsù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-tsy
    • MiniDict: deu^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

		to throw; to send	to pour into; to fill
simp. and trad. (投注)		投	注

Verb

投注

1. (transitive) to throw (energy, power, etc.) into; to invest (emotion) in

Etymology 2

		to throw; to send	stake
simp. and trad. (投注)		投	注

Verb

投⫽注 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive, gambling) to bet; to gamble on; to stake

Derived terms

• 投注站

 

References

• “Entry #51291”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.