抛空 Traditional form: 拋空 Pinyin (reading): pāokōng Definitions: to short-sell (finance) Characters: 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare Traditional characters: 拋 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare