投票
Old HSK 6
投票 (tóupiào) · to vote
投票 (tóupiào) means “to vote”. It is written with 2 characters: 投 (to throw) + 票 (ticket). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 投票 is built
The characters
投 tóu · to throw
What 投 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 殳shū — tool
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 又yòu — and
- 几jǐ — small table
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 殳 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
票 piào · ticket
What 票 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
大家投票选出了班长。Dàjiā tóupiào xuǎnchū le bānzhǎng.Everyone voted to choose a class monitor.
每个公民都有投票的权利。Měigè gōngmín dōu yǒu tóupiào de quánlì.Every citizen has the right to vote.
Questions about 投票
What does 投票 mean?
投票 (tóupiào) means “to vote”.
How do you pronounce 投票?
投票 is pronounced tóupiào.
Which HSK level is 投票?
投票 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 投入tóurùto put into
- 投诉tóusùto complain
- 投资tóuzīto invest
- 投机tóujīto get along well
- 投降tóuxiángto surrender
- 投掷tóuzhìto throw
- 投tóuto throw
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 机票jīpiàoplane ticket
- 门票ménpiàoadmission ticket
Learn 投票 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 182: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.