投案

Chinese

		to throw; to send	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (投案)		投	案
simp. #(投案)		投	案

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóu'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ on³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-àn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ uan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóu'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóu-àn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-an⁴
    • Yale: tóu-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourann
    • Palladius: тоу’ань (tou’anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ on³
    • Yale: tàuh on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ ɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-àn
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-àn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'axn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² an²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² an⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² an²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ an¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ an²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ uan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu uàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ũã²¹³/

Verb

投案

1. to give up or surrender oneself to the police