Chinese More information to throw; to send, effect; efficacy; imitate ... to throw; to send effect; efficacy; imitate simp. and trad.(投效) 投 效 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): tóuxiào (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): tau4 haau6 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-hāu Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: tóuxiào Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ Tongyong Pinyin: tóusiào Wade–Giles: tʻou2-hsiao4 Yale: tóu-syàu Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourshiaw Palladius: тоусяо (tousjao) Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: tau4 haau6 Yale: tàuh haauh Cantonese Pinyin: tau4 haau6 Guangdong Romanization: teo4 hao6 Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ haːu̯²²/ Southern Min (Hokkien) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-hāu Tâi-lô: tâu-hāu Phofsit Daibuun: dau'hau IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² hau²²/ IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² hau⁴¹/ IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² hau²²/ IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ hau³³/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ hau³³/ Verb 投效 (literary) to go and offer one's servicesWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.