Chinese word

扔

Pronunciation

Pinyinrēng

Meaning

  • verbthrow away

Example

不要把旧东西随便扔。bú yào bǎ jiù dōng xī suí biàn rēng

Don't just throw away old things.

Illustration for 扔 (throw away)

More examples

她把旧衣服扔到回收箱里。tā bǎ jiù yī fú rēng dào huí shōu xiāng lǐ

She threw her old clothes into the recycling bin.

Core concept

Move an object away from the hand with a decisive throw, including moving an unwanted object out of one's possession.

Common phrases

  • 乱扔垃圾luàn rēng lā jī

    litter

  • 把衣服扔掉bǎ yī fú rēng diào

    throw clothes away

  • 把东西扔进垃圾桶bǎ dōng xī rēng jìn lā jī tǒng

    throw things in the trash can

Similar words

丢diū: Send a held object out of the hand, leaving it no longer in one's possession.
丢掉diū diào: Discard something completely so that it is gone.
丢弃diū qì: Deliberately discard something no longer wanted and not take it back.
抛弃pāo qì: Abandon a person or give up a duty, with no further involvement.

Definition in Chinese

将不需要的东西扔掉，或用手用力把物体投出去。jiāng bù xū yào de dōng xī rēng diào huò yòng shǒu yòng lì bǎ wù tǐ tóu chū qù

Word origin

扔 (rēng, "throw away; throw") is a phono-semantic character: 扌 (shǒu, "hand") marks the physical action, while 乃 (nǎi, "phonetic element") mainly indicates the pronunciation.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Mandarin, 扔掉 (rēngdiào, "discard completely") adds a result complement that presents the object as gone, while the bare verb leaves the endpoint open.

Other meanings

  • throwverb
  • tossverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 扔掉rēng diàothrow awayverb
  • 扔弃rēng qìdiscardverb

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