HSK 4 · Verbs

扔 rēng “to throw” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 扔 means

  1. to throw
  2. to throw away

How to say 扔

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale扔rēng1st tone, high and level

扔 in a sentence

  1. 别在这儿扔垃圾。

    Bié zài zhèr rēng lājī.

    Don’t throw rubbish here.

    Sentence #1397009 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这本杂志不要扔。我还没看呢。

    Zhè běn zázhì búyào rēng. Wǒ hái méi kàn ne.

    Don’t throw this magazine out. I haven’t read it yet.

    Sentence #405228 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 让我们扔硬币决定吧。

    Ràng wǒmen rēng yìngbì juédìng ba.

    Let’s toss a coin to decide.

    Sentence #6200060 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 扔 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 扔 (rēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
扔rēngto throw
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 乃then · nǎiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 乃 (nǎi) hints at the sound. Compare it with rēng.

How to write 扔

扔 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

扔 (rēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 扔 (rēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 扔

More words: Common Verbs

敲qiāo · to hit轻qīng · light取qǔ · to take缺少quēshǎo · lack散步sànbù · to take a walk伤心shāngxīn · to grieve申请shēnqǐng · to apply (for)生活shēnghuó · to live

FAQs

扔 (rēng) means “to throw” or “to throw away”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rēng: rēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 扔 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type reng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扔 from the suggestions. Typing reng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扔 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.