扔 (rēng): to throw, to throw away
扔 (rēng) is a Chinese character meaning “to throw.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 乃 (phonetic). It ranks #1883 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扔 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to throw
- to throw away
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扔掉 | rēng diào | to throw away |
| 扔下 | rēng xià | to throw down |
| 乱扔 | luàn rēng | to throw (sth) without due care |
| 互扔 | hù rēng | to throw (sth) at each other |
| 扔弃 | rēng qì | to abandon |
扔 appears in 5 compound words: 60 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 扔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
垃圾请不要乱扔，要放进垃圾桶里。
Lājī qǐng bùyào luàn rēng, yào fàng jìn lājī tǒng lǐ.
Please don't litter; put trash in the garbage bin.
18次恶作剧拨电报警还朝警车扔鸡蛋 28岁男子被押回现场助查
1 8 cì è zuò jù bō diàn bào jǐng hái cháo jǐng chē rēng jī dàn 2 8 suì nán zǐ bèi yā huí xiàn chǎng zhù chá
西安官方通报“游客秦岭乱扔垃圾并与志愿者发生口角”事件:涉事者非公...
xī ān guān fāng tōng bào yóu kè qín lǐng luàn rēng lā jī bìng yǔ zhì yuàn zhě fā shēng kǒu jiǎo shì jiàn : shè shì zhě fēi gōng . . .
Xi'an authorities issue official statement on the incident involving "tourists littering in the Qinling Mountains and getting into an argument with volunteers": The individuals involved are not...
小七“包手89猴店员”包裹刷完当垃圾扔遭炎上 7-11回应了
xiǎo qī bāo shǒu 8 9 hóu diàn yuán bāo guǒ shuā wán dāng lā jī rēng zāo yán shàng 7 1 1 huí yīng le
Xiaoqi, the "gloved 89 Monkey" clerk, faces backlash for throwing away a package after scanning it; 7-Eleven responds
在浙江,看完电影票根别扔!可以当钱用
zài zhè jiāng , kàn wán diàn yǐng piào gēn bié rēng ! kě yǐ dāng qián yòng
In Zhejiang, don't throw away the ticket stubs after the movie! It can be used as money.
菲律宾海警在我南沙群岛附近海域扔下两个黑色桶状物,..
菲 lǜ bīn hǎi jǐng zài wǒ nán shā qún dǎo fù jìn hǎi yù rēng xià liǎng gě hēi sè tǒng zhuàng wù , . .
Philippine maritime police dropped two black barrels in the waters off my Spratly Islands,...
谁朝我的狗扔的石子？
Shéi cháo wǒ de gǒu rēng de shí zǐ?
Who threw a stone at my dog?
啊！差点忘了。今天是扔垃圾的日子！
ā! chàdiǎn wàng le. jīntiān shì rēng lājī de rìzi!
Oh, I almost forgot! Today is garbage disposal day!
罗德里戈把丽玛扔了回去。
Luó Délǐ gē bǎ lì mǎ rēng le huíqu.
Rodrigo threw Rima back.
他扔了很多旧信件。
Tā rēng le hěn duō jiù xìnjiàn.
He threw away a bunch of old letters.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced rēng
Frequently Asked Questions
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