Usage of the character 擲
zhì
掷
[擲]
- to toss
- to throw dice
- Taiwan pr. (zhí)
tóuzhì
投掷
[投擲]
- to throw sth a long distance
- to hurl
- to throw at
- to throw (dice etc)
- to flip (a coin)
zhìjiǎo
掷筊
[擲筊]
- poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
zhìshǎi
掷色
[擲色]
- to throw the dice
zhìhuán
掷还
[擲還]
- please return (an item sent in the mail)
pāozhì
抛掷
[拋擲]
- to throw; to toss
zhìtóuzi
掷骰子
[擲骰子]
- to throw the dice
gūzhùyīzhì
孤注一掷
[孤注一擲]
- to stake all on one throw
qiānjīnyīzhì
千金一掷
[千金一擲]
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
- extravagant
yīzhìqiānjīn
一掷千金
[一擲千金]
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
- extravagant
zhìdìyǒushēng
掷地有声
[擲地有聲]
- lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom)
- fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating
- to have substance