抛

pāo

p+āo·1st tone

to throw · to toss

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 7 HSK 7-9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

抛=扌+九+力

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to throw

to toss

to fling

to cast

to abandon

pāo

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Words with 抛 87 total

to toss · to throw out抛出pāo chū to waste · to squander抛费pāo fèi to polish; to burnish抛光pāo guāng to lie idle (of arable land) · fig. rusty because of lack of practice抛荒pāo huāng to short-sell (finance)抛空pāo kōng to desert · to leave · to forsake抛离pāo lí to lose face · humiliation抛脸pāo liǎn to drop anchor · (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down抛锚pāo máo to abandon · to discard · to renounce · to dump (sb)抛弃pāo qì

Idioms with 抛 6 total Chain

to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)抛头露面pāo tóu lù miàn lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) · fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling抛砖引玉pāo zhuān yǐn yù

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