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甩

shuǎi

HSK 5 Character

What 甩 means

1. to throw
2. to fling
3. to swing
4. to leave behind
5. to throw off
6. to dump (sb)

Example sentences

• 你需要甩掉几磅。
  Nǐ xūyào shuǎidiào jǐ bàng.
  You need to shed some pounds.
• 我的女朋友甩了我。
  Wǒ de nǚpéngyou shuǎi le wǒ.
  My girlfriend dumped me.
• 汤姆要甩了玛丽吗？
  Tāngmǔ yào shuǎi le Mǎlì ma?
  Is Tom going to dump Mary?
• 雅妮在周四举行了一场大型庭院旧货甩卖。
  Yanni held a big yard sale on Thursday.
• 我们都想知道她为什么甩了这么好的一个男人。
  Wǒmen dōu xiǎng zhīdào tā wèishénme shuǎi le zhème hǎo de yī gè nánrén.
  We all wondered why she had dumped such a nice man.

Words starting with 甩

• 甩掉shuǎi diàoto throw off; to abandon; to cast off
• 甩开shuǎi kāito shake off; to get rid of
• 甩手shuǎi shǒuto swing one's arms; to wash one's hands of sth
• 甩卖shuǎi màito mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
• 甩头shuǎi tóuto fling back one's head
• 甩上shuǎi shàngto slam (a door); to fling up; to splash up
• 甩干shuǎi gānto remove excess moisture by spinning; to put (clothes) through the spin cycle…
• 甩动shuǎi dòngto shake; to fling one's arm; to lash
• 甩尾shuǎi wěidrifting (motorsport)
• 甩棍shuǎi gùnexpandable baton
• 甩车shuǎi chēto uncouple (wagons or trucks from a train)
• 甩远shuǎi yuǎnto cast far from oneself; to leave sb far behind; to outdistance
• 甩锅shuǎi guō(neologism, attested by 2017) to shift the blame; to pass the buck
• 甩脸子shuǎi liǎn zito grimace with displeasure; to pull a long face
• 甩袖子shuǎi xiù zito swing one's sleeve (in anger)
• 甩手掌柜shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guìlit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
• 甩手顿脚shuǎi shǒu dùn jiǎoto fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
• 甩开膀子shuǎi kāi bǎng zito throw off inhibitions; to go all out
• 甩包袱shuǎi bāo fulit. to fling off a bundle; fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth…

Words containing 甩

• 狂甩kuáng shuǎito fling vigorously; fig. to reduce drastically
• 沙拉甩干器shā lā shuǎi gān qìsalad spinner
• 清仓大甩卖qīng cāng dà shuǎi màiclearance sale; fire sale

Characters that look like 甩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

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