掷 (zhì): to toss
掷 (zhì) is a Chinese character meaning “to toss.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 郑 (phonetic). It ranks #3047 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 掷 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 把 (bǎ, to hold, measure word).
Definitions
- to toss
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孤注一掷phrase | gū zhù yī zhì | to stake all on one throw |
| 投掷verb | tóu zhì | to throw sth a long distance |
| 一掷千金phrase | yī zhì qiān jīn | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) |
| 掷地有声phrase | zhì dì yǒu shēng | lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) |
| 抛掷verb | pāo zhì | to throw |
| 千金一掷 | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) |
| 掷还 | zhì huán | please return (an item sent in the mail) |
| 掷色 | zhì shǎi | to throw the dice |
| 掷骰子 | zhì tóu zi | to throw the dice |
| 掷杯 | zhì bēi | see 擲筊|掷筊 |
| 豪掷verb | háo zhì | to spend (a large amount of money) |
| 掷筊verb | zhì jiǎo | (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯, with the positions of the blocks determining the div... |
掷 appears in 12 compound words: 50 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 掷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to go all out; to bet the farm on one thing in order to succeed; to put all one's eggs in one basket
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
to go all out; to bet the farm on one thing in order to succeed; to put all one's eggs in one basket
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
Example Sentences
这个掷字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gè zhì zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
In Classical Chinese, the character "擲" has different meanings.
持手机掷伤女子 诗巫男子判监1个月14天
chí shǒu jī zhì shāng nǚ zǐ shī wū nán zǐ pàn jiān 1 gè yuè 1 4 tiān
Throwing a mobile phone at a woman Sibu man sentenced to 1 month and 14 days in prison
亚马逊(AMZN.US)豪掷120亿美元于路易斯安那州建设数据中心 ...
yà mǎ xùn ( A M Z N . U S ) háo zhì 1 2 0 yì měi yuán yú lù yì sī ān nà zhōu jiàn shè shǔ jù zhōng xīn . . .
Amazon (AMZN. US) invested $12 billion to build a data center in Louisiana...
3月会降息吗?Fed理事华勒:像掷硬币
3 yuè huì jiàng xī ma ? F e d lǐ shì huá lè : xiàng zhì yìng bì
Will there be a rate cut in March? Fed Governor Waller: It's like flipping a coin
港口宫掷筊破百万人次! 12筊夺冠抱回90万休旅...
gǎng kǒu gōng zhì 筊 pò bǎi wàn rén cì ! 1 2 筊 duó guàn bào huí 9 0 wàn xiū lǚ . . .
The port palace threw a bamboo flute to break one million people! 12 won the championship and brought back 900,000 vacation travel...
Character Family
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