"Throw" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 投掷 | tóu zhì | to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin) |   |
| 丢 |  diū | to lose / to put aside / to throw | |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw / to throw away | |
| 甩 | shuǎi | to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb) | |
| 撇 | piě | to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) | |
| 投射 | tóu shè | to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light) | |
| 乱扔 | luàn rēng | to throw (sth) without due care / (esp.) to litter | |
| 抛掷 | pāo zhì | to throw / to toss | |
| 投 | tóu | to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water | |
| 抛 | pāo | to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon | |
| 拽 | zhuāi | to throw / to fling | |
| 撺 | cuān | rush / stir up / throw / fling / hurry / rage | |
| 抛射 | pāo shè | to throw / to shoot | |
| 攧 | diān | to fall / to stamp (one's foot) / to toss / to throw | |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed | |
| 投放 | tóu fàng | to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation | |
| 投注 | tóu zhù | to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting | |
| 撒娇 | sā jiāo | to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly | |
| 张望 | zhāng wàng | to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at | |
| 挣脱 | zhèng tuō | to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1] | |
| 丢掉 | diū diào | to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away | |
| 摔倒 | shuāi dǎo | to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground | |
| 抛开 | pāo kāi | to throw out / to get rid of | |
| 抛出 | pāo chū | to toss / to throw out | |
| 投身 | tóu shēn | to throw oneself into sth | |
| 扔掉 | rēng diào | to throw away / to throw out | |
| 纵身 | zòng shēn | to leap / to spring / to throw oneself | |
| 发脾气 | fā pí qì | to lose one's temper / to fly into a rage / to throw a tantrum | |
| 扔下 | rēng xià | to throw down / to drop (bomb) | |
| 抛下 | pāo xià | to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down | |
| 卖力 | mài lì | to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand | |
| 甩掉 | shuǎi diào | to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump | |
| 出马 | chū mǎ | to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring | |
| 送死 | sòng sǐ | to throw away one's life | |
| 脱去 | tuō qù | to throw off | |
| 送行 | sòng xíng | to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party | |
| 倾注 | qīng zhù | to throw into | |
| 放水 | fàng shuǐ | to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game | |
| 豁出去 | huō chu qu | to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke | |
| 卖命 | mài mìng | to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) | |
| 投中 | tóu zhòng | to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score | |
| 搅乱 | jiǎo luàn | to disrupt / to throw into disorder | |
| 拍砖 | pāi zhuān | (slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly | |
| 孤注一掷 | gū zhù yī zhì | to stake all on one throw | |
| 撕掉 | sī diào | to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away | |
| 落井下石 | luò jǐng xià shí | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down | |
| 放羊 | fàng yáng | to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly | |
| 撤掉 | chè diào | to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off | |
| 短距离 | duǎn jù lí | short distance / a stone's throw away | |
| 石沉大海 | shí chén dà hǎi | lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response | |
| 一掷千金 | yī zhì qiān jīn | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant | |
| 弃置 | qì zhì | to throw away / to discard | |
| 撒网 | sā wǎng | to throw a net | |
| 大手大脚 | dà shǒu dà jiǎo | extravagant (idiom) / to throw away money by the handful / wasteful | |
| 抛媚眼 | pāo mèi yǎn | to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman) | |
| 投弹 | tóu dàn | to throw an explosive charge / to bomb | |
| 铁饼 | tiě bǐng | (athletics) discus / discus throw | |
| 链球 | liàn qiú | (athletics) hammer / hammer throw | |
| 乱 | luàn | in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary | |
| 弃 | qì | to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away | |
| 扑 | pū | to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over | |
| 吐 | tù | to vomit / to throw up | |
| 搭 | dā | to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of 褡[da1] | |
| 砍 | kǎn | to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb | |
| 饶 | ráo | rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although | |
| 摔 | shuāi | to throw down / to fall / to drop and break | |
| 掷 | zhì | to toss / to throw dice / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] | |
| 撂 | liào | to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard | |
| 睃 | suō | to throw a glance at / to peer at / Taiwan pr. [jun4] | |
| 覂 | fěng | to throw a rider | |
| 抛砖引玉 | pāo zhuān yǐn yù | lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling | |
| 千金一掷 | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant | |
| 投井下石 | tóu jǐng xià shí | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down | |
| 弃若敝屣 | qì ruò bì xǐ | to throw away like worn out shoes | |
| 破罐破摔 | pò guàn pò shuāi | lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell | |
| 浑身解数 | hún shēn xiè shù | to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4] | |
| 撱 | tuǒ | clip / shorten / throw away | |
| 扻 | zì | to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone | |
| 么二 | yāo èr | one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute | |
| 扔弃 | rēng qì | to abandon / to discard / to throw away | |
| 拚弃 | pàn qì | to abandon / to discard / to throw away | |
| 拼命讨好 | pīn mìng tǎo hǎo | to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help | |
| 拿架子 | ná jià zi | to throw one's weight around / to put on airs | |
| 掷色 | zhì shǎi | to throw the dice | |
| 掷骰子 | zhì tóu zi | to throw the dice | |
| 烘染 | hōng rǎn | relief shading (in a picture) / fig. to throw into relief | |
| 甩开膀子 | shuǎi kāi bǎng zi | to throw off inhibitions / to go all out | |
| 脱盲 | tuō máng | to acquire literacy / to throw off blindness | |
| 有效载荷 | yǒu xiào zài hè | throw weight | |
| 按量付费 | pay as you throw | | |
| 总投掷重量 | aggregate throw weight | | |
| 投怀送抱 | tóu huái sòng bào | to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb | |
| 一哭二闹三上吊 | yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào | to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum | |
| 幺二 | yāo èr | one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute | |
| 使性 | shǐ xìng | to throw a fit / to act temperamental | |
| 敛巴 | liǎn ba | (dialect) to gather up / to throw together | |
| 过肩摔 | guò jiān shuǎi | shoulder throw (judo) | |
| 做球 | zuò qiú | to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game | |
| 三军用命 | sān jūn yòng mìng | (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle | |
| 三铁 | sān tiě | triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) | |
