rēng

Traditional: 扔

#1037 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to throw, to toss, to throw away

Word origin

A phono-semantic character: the hand radical 扌marks the action of throwing, and 乃 (nǎi) supplies the sound, hence to throw or toss.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
扌(hand radical) + 乃 (nǎi, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 扔

Examples

tǒng

Throw the rubbish into the bin.

He threw the ball to me.

luàn

Do not throw things around.

jiù

These old newspapers can be thrown away.

She angrily threw the letter on the floor.

扔 (rēng) means to throw, to toss, to throw away. It is a verb for tossing an object or discarding rubbish.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 21.