投身 [－－]

Jyutping tau4 san1
Pinyin tóu shēn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to throw oneself into sth
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    加入​，​並且​放時​間​喺​（​某行業​、​某種​事務​）
    to join and devote oneself to (an occupation or social affairs); to throw oneself into (some passion)
    • 畢業後，大多數人會選擇投身社會。
      毕业后，大多数人会选择投身社会。
      bat1 jip6 hau6, daai6 do1 sou3 jan4 wui5 syun2 zaak6 tau4 san1 se5 wui2.
      Upon graduation, many people decide to be part of the society (i.e. to work).
    • 冇幾多個香港人可以遠距離投身香港嘅運動。
      冇几多个香港人可以远距离投身香港嘅运动。
      mou5 gei2 do1 go3 hoeng1 gong2 jan2 ho2 ji5 jyun5 keoi5 lei4 tau4 san1 hoeng1 gong2 ge3 wan6 dung6.
      Not many Hongkongers can devote themselves to social movements in Hong Kong from a distance.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to throw oneself into
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4161
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    退休后，德蕾莎投身照顾孤儿的工作。
    退休後，德蕾莎投身照顧孤兒的工作。
    tuì xiū hòu ， dé lěi shā tóu shēn zhào gu gū ér de gōng zuò 。
    • After retirement, Teresa devoted herself to caring for orphans.
  2. Mandarin
    她热忱地投身于这份光荣的事业。
    她熱忱地投身於這份光榮的事業。
    tā rè chén dì tóu shēn yú zhè fèn guāng róng de shì yè 。
    • He enthusiastically engaged himself in this honorable undertaking.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    毕业后，大多数人会选择投身社会。
    畢業後，大多數人會選擇投身社會。
    bat1 jip6 hau6, daai6 do1 sou3 jan4 wui5 syun2 zaak6 tau4 san1 se5 wui2.
    • Upon graduation, many people decide to be part of the society (i.e. to work).
  2. Cantonese
    冇几多个香港人可以远距离投身香港嘅运动。
    冇幾多個香港人可以遠距離投身香港嘅運動。
    mou5 gei2 do1 go3 hoeng1 gong2 jan2 ho2 ji5 jyun5 keoi5 lei4 tau4 san1 hoeng1 gong2 ge3 wan6 dung6.
    • Not many Hongkongers can devote themselves to social movements in Hong Kong from a distance.
  3. Cantonese
    大多数同学毕业后投身社会，成为上班一族。
    大多數同學畢業後投身社會，成為上班一族。
    daai6 do1 sou3 tung4 hok6 bat1 jip6 hau6 tau4 san1 se5 wui2, sing4 wai4 soeng5 baan1 jat1 zuk6.
    • Most of my classmates joined the society and became working people after their graduation.
  4. Cantonese
    佢为咗导人向善，于是投身教育行业。
    佢為咗導人向善，於是投身教育行業。
    keoi5 wai6 zo2 dou6 jan4 hoeng3 sin6, jyu1 si6 tau4 san1 gaau3 juk6 hong4 jip6.
    • In order to guide people to do good, he entered the education industry.
  5. Cantonese
    舍下有一仔一女，犬儿刚刚投身社会，犬女就仲读紧大学。
    舍下有一仔一女，犬兒剛剛投身社會，犬女就仲讀緊大學。
    • I have a son and a daughter, my son have just started his career, my daughter is still studying in university.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    社会的人们投身于变革在某一发展阶段内的某一客观过程的实践中（不论是关于变革某一自然过程的实践，或变革某一社会过程的实践），由于客观过程的反映和主观能动性的作用，使得人们的认识由感性的推移到了理性的，造成了大体上相应于该客观过程的法则性的思想、理论、计划或方案。
    社會的人們投身於變革在某一發展階段內的某一客觀過程的實踐中（不論是關於變革某一自然過程的實踐，或變革某一社會過程的實踐），由於客觀過程的反映和主觀能動性的作用，使得人們的認識由感性的推移到了理性的，造成了大體上相應於該客觀過程的法則性的思想、理論、計劃或方案。
    shè huì de rén men tóu shēn yú biàn gé zài mǒu yī fā zhǎn jiē duàn nèi de mǒu yī kè guān guò chéng de shí jiàn zhōng （ bù lùn shì guān yú biàn gé mǒu yī zì rán guò chéng de shí jiàn ， huò biàn gé mǒu yī shè huì guò chéng de shí jiàn ） ， yóu yú kè guān guò chéng de fǎn yìng hé zhǔ guān néng dòng xìng de zuò yòng ， shǐ dé rén men de rèn shi yóu gǎn xìng de tuī yí dào le lǐ xìng de ， zào chéng le dà tǐ shang xiāng yìng yú gāi kè guān guò chéng de fǎ zé xìng de sī xiǎng ， lǐ lùn ， jì huà huò fān gàn ．
    • When people in society throw themselves into the practice of changing a certain objective process (whether natural or social) at a certain stage of its development, they can, as a result of the reflection of the objective process in their brains and the exercise of their subjective activity, advance their knowledge from the perceptual to the rational, and create ideas, theories, plans or programmes which correspond in general to the laws of that objective process.