投繯 - Zhictionary

投繯

投缳

tóuhuán

to hang oneself
to commit suicide by hanging

CEDICT

(literary) to hang oneself
to hang oneself

Entry Composition

投

tóu

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
to cast (a ballot)
to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)
to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)
to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)
to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)
to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
(coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

繯

huán

to bind
to tie
lace
noose (for suicide)
hangman's noose

Containing this entry

投繯自縊

tóuhuánzìyì

to hang oneself (idiom)

Related entries

He committed suicide by hanging himself.

Source: Tatoeba

to hang oneself (idiom)

(literary) to hang oneself

death by hanging
to hang oneself

革命的时候他被吊死了。

He was hanged during the Revolution.

Source: Tatoeba

絞縊

jiǎoyì

to be hanged
to hang oneself

縊死

yìsǐ

to execute by hanging
to hang oneself