投票

tóupiào

verb HSK 6 #845

Meanings

1 to vote; to cast a ballot
2 voting; ballot

Characters

to throw; to cast

ticket; ballot; vote

To cast a ballot — to vote.

Examples

你投票了吗？

Nǐ tóupiào le ma?

Did you vote?

我们用投票的方式来决定。

Wǒmen yòng tóupiào de fāngshì lái juédìng.

Let's decide by voting.

全班投票选出了班长。

Quánbān tóupiào xuǎnchū le bānzhǎng.

The whole class voted to elect the class president.

Tips

usage

投票 is a separable verb (离合词): 投了一票 (cast one vote), 投他一票 (vote for him). Related: 选举 (xuǎnjǔ, election), 选民 (xuǎnmín, voter).

Stroke Order

投 tóu

票 piào