拋
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pāo · to abandon, to throw away

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 拋

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Example sentences

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Tā pāo qì le jiā rén, yí jū dà xī dì.他拋棄了家人,移居大溪地。

He abandoned his family and moved to Tahiti.

Source: Tatoeba #13917174 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén de jū zuó wǎn pāo máo le.我們的車昨晚拋錨了。

Our car broke down last night.

Source: Tatoeba #857842 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qǐng pāo kāi nǐ nà xiē fù miàn de rén shēng guān.請拋開你那些負面的人生觀。

Let go of your negative outlook on life.

Source: Tatoeba #1225637 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yě tù bèi wū guī pāo le zài hòu tóu.野兔被烏龜拋了在後頭。

The hare was outdistanced by the tortoise.

Source: Tatoeba #339505 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén bèi mǔ qīn pāo qì le.她們被母親拋棄了。

They were abandoned by their mother.

Source: Tatoeba #6097977 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ bǎ yìng bì pāo xiàng kōng zhōng, rán hòu jiē zhù le.湯姆把硬幣拋向空中,然後接住了。

Tom flipped the coin in the air and then caught it.

Source: Tatoeba #13850758 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 拋 in context

  1. Say pāo, then recall the core meaning: to abandon, to throw away.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 拋 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.