扔掉

rēngdiào

verb #3,517

Meanings

1 to throw away
2 to discard
3 to toss out

Characters

to throw; to toss

to fall; away (complement)

Examples

HSK 3

她把旧衣服都扔掉了。

Tā bǎ jiù yīfu dōu rēngdiào le.

She threw away all the old clothes.

HSK 4

把垃圾扔掉。

Bǎ lājī rēngdiào.

Throw away the trash.

Tips

grammar

掉 is a result complement meaning 'away/off.' It combines with many verbs: 丢掉 (lose), 忘掉 (forget), 删掉 (delete).

Stroke Order

扔 rēng

掉 diào