空投

kōngtóu

verb #22,785

Meanings

1 to airdrop
2 to drop supplies from an aircraft

Characters

sky / air / empty

to throw / to deliver

Examples

直升机空投了紧急物资。

Zhíshēngjī kōngtóu le jǐnjí wùzī.

The helicopter airdropped emergency supplies.

军队向孤立的村庄空投了食物和药品。

Jūnduì xiàng gūlì de cūnzhuāng kōngtóu le shíwù hé yàopǐn.

The military airdropped food and medicine to the isolated village.

这次空投行动在夜间进行。

Zhè cì kōngtóu xíngdòng zài yèjiān jìnxíng.

This airdrop operation was carried out at night.

Tips

memory

空 (air/sky) + 投 (to throw/deliver) — to throw from the sky. Crypto users will also recognize 空投 as the term for a crypto airdrop (distributing free tokens).

Stroke Order

空 kōng

投 tóu