抛 meaning in English

pāo

to throw; to toss

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 拋7 strokes

Meaning of 抛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāo
  1. to throw
  2. to toss
  3. to fling
  4. to cast
  5. to abandon

抛 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

男nán孩hái抛pāo出chū一yī块kuài石shí头tóu。
The boy throws a stone.
把bǎ悲bēi伤shāng抛pāo到dào脑nǎo后hòu吧ba。
Forget your sorrows.
她tā抛pāo弃qì了le她tā的de孩hái子zi。
She abandoned her children.
她tā们men被bèi母mǔ亲qīn抛pāo弃qì了le。
They were abandoned by their mother.
汤tāng姆mǔ抛pāo弃qì了le他tā们men。
Tom abandoned them.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

抛 pāo · to throw · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 抛.

抛弃pāoqìto abandon; to discard
抛开pāokāito throw out; to get rid of
抛出pāochūto toss; to throw out
抛锚pāomáoto drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
抛下pāoxiàto throw down; to dump
抛售pāoshòuto dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛光pāoguāngto polish; to burnish

Questions about 抛

What does 抛 mean?

抛 (pāo) means "to throw; to toss" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 抛?

抛 is made of 1 character: 抛 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 抛 an HSK word?

Yes. 抛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 抛 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 抛 is written 拋.