抛
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pāo · to abandon, to throw away

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HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #3539
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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 抛

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pāoWords pronounced pāo
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Example sentences

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Tā pāo qì le tā de háizi.她抛弃了她的孩子。

She abandoned her children.

Source: Tatoeba #349936 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bú huì pāo xià luònàn de péng yǒu bù guǎn.他不会抛下落难的朋友不管。

He could not forsake his friend in trouble.

Source: Tatoeba #493511 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā wèi le qián pāo qì zì jǐ de yuán zé.他为了钱抛弃自己的原则。

He sold his principles for money.

Source: Tatoeba #5550017 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men bèi pāo qì zài yí zuò huāng dǎo shàng.他们被抛弃在一座荒岛上。

They were marooned on a desert isle.

Source: Tatoeba #817248 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men bèi pāo qì zài yí zuò huāng dǎo shàng.她们被抛弃在一座荒岛上。

They were marooned on a desert isle.

Source: Tatoeba #817247 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ pāo qì le tā men.汤姆抛弃了他们。

Tom abandoned them.

Source: Tatoeba #6774615 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 抛 in context

  1. Say pāo, then recall the core meaning: to abandon, to throw away.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 抛弃 (pāo qì), meaning “to abandon”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 抛 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.