rēng
to throw
我把垃圾扔进了垃圾桶。
wǒ bǎ lājī rēng jìnle lājītǒng.
I threw the trash into the trash can.
他把球扔给了我。
tā bǎ qiú rēng gěile wǒ.
He threw the ball to me.
我们把旧衣服扔掉了。
wǒmen bǎ jiù yīfu rēng diàole.
We threw away the old clothes.
丢 (diū)
throw away
抛 (pāo)
throw
捡 (jiǎn)
pick up
留 (liú)
keep
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The Chinese character 扔 (rēng) for "to throw" is composed of two parts: the radical 扌(shǒu), which indicates that the character is related to hand or action, and the phonetic component扔 (rēng). The phonetic component 扔 is a simplified form of the original character 扔, which was composed of the radical 戈 (gē) and the phonetic component扔 (rēng). The radical 戈 originally meant "spear" or "weapon", and the phonetic component扔 (rēng) was used to represent the sound of the character. Over time, the character 扔 was simplified to its current form, and the radical 戈 was removed. The character 扔 is now used to represent the action of throwing something with force.
