Chinese word dictionary

抛掷

pāo zhì · to throw; to toss

Practice word

Word information

Simplified抛掷

Traditional拋擲

Pinyinpāo zhì

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

抛pāo

to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss

掷zhì

to throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast

How to learn 抛掷

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Words with the same characters

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抛pāo

to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon

抛弃pāoqì

to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)

投掷tóuzhì

to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)