Meaning
to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
Chinese: 扔出、抛弃。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “pao” becomes a different word in each tone. 抛 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 抛弃pāo qìto abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
- 抛开pāo kāito throw out; to get rid of
- 抛出pāo chūto toss; to throw out
- 抛下pāo xiàto throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
- 日抛rì pāo(attributive) daily disposable; intended for one-day use
Example Sentence
他把石子抛进了河里。Tā bǎ shí zǐ pāo jìn le hé lǐ.He threw the pebble into the river.
他Tāhe把bǎ(marks the object)石shírock子zǐson抛pāoto throw进jìnto go forward了le(completed action)河hériver (CL:条,道)里lǐinside。