Chinese Word: 甩 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

甩HSK 5

Pinyin: shuǎi

English Definition: to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb)

Chinese Definition:
①抡，扔：甩手。甩开膀子(形容使出全部力气)。
②抛开，抛去：甩卖。甩闲话。
③虫类下卵：蚕蛾甩子儿。

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 用

Ideographic:The opposite of "to use" 用

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 月 [ yuè ] moon; month
- 乚 [ gōu ] secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

Similar Characters: 思

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甩掉HSK 5	shuǎi diào	to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump
甩手	shuǎi shǒu	to swing one's arms; to wash one's hands of sth
甩卖HSK 5	shuǎi mài	to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
甩手掌柜	shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guì	lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
甩包袱	shuǎi bāo fu	lit. to fling off a bundle; fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth; to wash one's hands of the matter