The car broke down.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
抛锚
to drop anchor
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to drop anchor
02
(fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 抛锚 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 抛锚 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Our car broke down last night.
Their combined weight was too much and caused the truck to break down.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 抛锚.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 抛锚.
Directly before
- 昨晚抛锚1
- 车抛锚1
- 卡车抛锚1
- 途中抛锚1
Directly after
- 抛锚了2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 抛锚
What does 抛锚 mean in Chinese?
抛锚 (pāomáo) means to drop anchor.
How do you pronounce 抛锚?
抛锚 is pronounced pāomáo.
Is 抛锚 an HSK word?
抛锚 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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