Learn Chinese Characters

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.

he(marks the object)shírocksonpāoto throwjìnto go forwardle(completed action)river (CL:条,道)inside