打抛

Traditional form:

打拋

Pinyin (reading):

dǎpāo

Definitions:

• holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬／打抛猪 (dǎpāozhū), stir-fried pork with basil)

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 拋 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss