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pāo

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pāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pāo | pao1
English translation
to throw
to toss
to fling
to cast
to abandon
to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss

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About pāo

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

pāo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of pāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

shǒu 九力

Semantic compound

shǒu

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Example sentences using pāo

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zhè wán 杂耍 zá shuǎ de rén 同时 tóngshí pāo jiē 3瓶子 píngzi .

The juggler juggled three bottles.

zhè wán 杂耍 zá shuǎ de rén 同时 tóngshí pāo jiē 三个瓶子 píngzi .

The juggler juggled three flasks.

de Chē 行驶 xíng shǐ 公里 gōnglǐ Hòu 抛锚 pāo máo le .

The car that I rent drop anchor after five kilometers are driven.

次元 cì yuán 抛掷 pāo zhì de cd提高 tígāo dào 45 miǎo .

Warlock warp throw recharge time increased to 45 seconds.

Sān Jué de 哥伦比亚 Gē lún bǐ yà háo 航天飞机 háng tiān fēi jī zài 进入 jìn rù 轨道 guǐdào qián , 起飞 qǐfēi 两分 Zhōng jiù pāo xià liǎng 助推火箭 huǒjiàn .

The delta - winged Columbia, before reaching the orbit, jettisoned its dual booster rockets two minutes into flight.

Words with pāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pāo to throw pāo
抛弃 pāoqì to abandon拋棄
抛开 pāo kāi to throw out拋開
抛售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)拋售
抛锚 pāo máo to drop anchor拋錨
抛光 pāo guāng to polish拋光
抛下 pāo xià to dump拋下
抛物线 pāo wù xiàn parabola拋物線
抛头露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn to show your face in public (derog.)拋頭露面
抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)拋磚引玉
抛洒 pāo sǎ to drip拋灑
抛却 pāo què to discard拋卻
抛撒 pāo sǎ to sprinkle拋撒
抛掷 pāo zhì to throw拋擲
抛射 pāo shè to throw拋射
抛荒 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land)拋荒
抛离 pāo lí to desert拋離
抛物面 pāo wù miàn paraboloid (geometry)拋物面
抛体 pāo tǐ projectile拋體

pāo Decomposition & Compounds

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pāo Decomposition

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