Keyword
to toss
- to abandon
- to throw away
- to fling
- Frequency
- #1754
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
pāo100%
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
抛弃
to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
抛
to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
抛开
to throw out; to get rid of
抛出
to toss; to throw out
抛售
to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛锚
to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
抛光
to polish; to burnish
抛物线
parabola
抛射
to throw; to shoot
抛离
to desert; to leave; to forsake
抛砖引玉
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
抛掷
to throw; to toss
抛头露面
to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
抛物面
(geometry) paraboloid
抛却
to discard
抛洒
to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
抛尸
(of a murderer) to dump a body
抛撒
to sprinkle
抛荒
to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice
抛砖
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù))
抛空
to short-sell (finance)
抛绣球
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court
抛下
to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
抛媚眼
to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)