投
奔

To seek shelter in Chinese: 投奔 (tóu bèn)

tóu bèn

to seek shelter

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to seek shelter
  2. 2to seek asylum

Stroke order

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投
奔

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄣˋ

bèn

ㄅ/ bㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 战乱中，他只好去投奔远方的亲戚。

    zhàn luàn zhōng， tā zhǐ hǎo qù tóu bèn yuǎn fāng de qīn qi。

    In the chaos of war, he had to go seek shelter with distant relatives.

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Related words

投

tóu

to cast

奔

bēn

to hurry

投资

tóu zī

investment

投入

tóu rù

to throw into

投诉

tóu sù

complaint

奔跑

bēn pǎo

to run

投票

tóu piào

to vote

奔波

bēn bō

to rush about

奔赴

bēn fù

to rush to

投稿

tóu gǎo

to submit articles for publication

投机

tóu jī

to speculate (on financial markets)

投降

tóu xiáng

to surrender

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