拋〔抛〕 paau¹ {pāo}

1. to throw
2. to toss
3. to fling
4. to cast
5. to abandon

拋網〔抛网〕 paau¹ mong⁵ {pāo wǎng}

netting; to cast the net

拋補〔抛补〕 paau¹ bou² {pāo bǔ}

cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)

拋出〔抛-〕 paau¹ ceot¹ {pāo chū}

1. to toss
2. to throw out

拋費〔抛费〕 paau¹ fai³ {pāo fèi}

1. to waste
2. to squander

拋荒〔抛-〕 paau¹ fong¹ {pāo huāng}

1. to lie idle (of arable land)
2. fig. rusty because of lack of practice

拋光〔抛-〕 paau¹ gwong¹ {pāo guāng}

1. to polish
2. to burnish

拋下〔抛-〕 paau¹ haa⁶ {pāo xià}

1. to throw down
2. to dump
3. to abandon
4. thrown down

拋棄〔抛弃〕 paau¹ hei³ {pāo qì}

1. to abandon
2. to discard
3. to renounce
4. to dump (sb)

拋開〔抛开〕 paau¹ hoi¹ {pāo kāi}

1. to throw out
2. to get rid of

拋空〔抛-〕 paau¹ hung¹ {pāo kōng}

to sell short (i.e. to sell future assets)

拋卻〔抛却〕 paau¹ koek³ {pāo què}

to discard

拋離〔抛离〕 paau¹ lei⁴ {pāo lí}

1. to desert
2. to leave
3. to forsake

拋臉〔抛脸〕 paau¹ lim⁵ {pāo liǎn}

1. to lose face
2. humiliation

拋錨〔抛锚〕 paau¹ naau⁴ {pāo máo}

1. to drop anchor
2. to break down (of a car etc)

拋灑〔抛洒〕 paau¹ saa² {pāo sǎ}

1. to drip
2. to flow out
3. to sprinkle

拋散〔抛-〕 paau¹ saan³ {pāo sàn}

1. to scatter
2. to disperse

拋撒〔抛-〕 paau¹ saat³ {pāo sǎ}

to sprinkle

拋售〔抛-〕 paau¹ sau⁶ {pāo shòu}

to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)

拋射〔抛-〕 paau¹ se⁶ {pāo shè}

1. to throw
2. to shoot

拋體〔抛体〕 paau¹ tai² {pāo tǐ}

projectile

拋擲〔抛掷〕 paau¹ zaak⁶ {pāo zhì}

1. to throw
2. to cast

拋浪頭〔抛-头〕 paau¹ long⁶ tau⁴ {pāo làng tou}

(slang) to bluff or to fake one's abilities or intentions, usually in an attempt to intimidate someone

拋生藕〔抛--〕 paau¹ saang¹ ngau⁵ {pāo shēng ǒu}

(slang) to flirt; to coquet

拋書包〔抛书-〕 paau¹ syu¹ baau¹ {pāo shū bāo}

literally: throw the schoolbag, which means a person is pedantic or try to showoff with one's knowledge

拋下錨〔抛-锚〕 paau¹ haa⁶ naau⁴ {pāo xià máo}

to drop anchor

拋物面〔抛--〕 paau¹ mat⁶ min² {pāo wù miàn}

paraboloid (geometry)

拋物線〔抛-线〕 paau¹ mat⁶ sin³ {pāo wù xiàn}

parabola

拋媚眼〔抛--〕 paau¹ mei⁶ ngaan⁵ {pāo mèi yǎn}

to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)

拋生耦〔抛--〕 paau¹ saang¹ ngau⁵ {pāo shēng ǒu}

to entice an inexperienced man

拋繡球〔抛绣-〕 paau¹ sau³ kau⁴ {pāo xiù qiú}

1. throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)
2. (fig.) to make overtures
3. to court

拋射物〔抛--〕 paau¹ se⁶ mat⁶ {pāo shè wù}

projectile

拋射體〔抛-体〕 paau¹ se⁶ tai² {pāo shè tǐ}

projectile

拋頭露面〔抛头--〕 paau¹ tau⁴ lou⁶ min⁶ {pāo tóu lòu miàn}

to be in the spotlight

拋補套利〔抛补--〕 paau¹ bou² tou³ lei⁶ {pāo bǔ tào lì}

covered arbitrage

拋頭露面〔抛头--〕 paau¹ tau⁴ lou⁶ min⁶ {pāo tóu lòu miàn}

to show your face in public (derog.)

拋磚引玉〔抛砖--〕 paau¹ zyun¹ jan⁵ juk⁶ {pāo zhuān yǐn yù}

lit. to throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)