Chinese Word: 弃 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

弃 (Trad.: 棄)HSK 4

Pinyin: qì

English Definition: to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away

Chinese Definition:
①舍去，扔掉：抛弃。遗弃。弃权。弃市(古代在闹市执行死刑，并将尸体暴露街头)。弃世(超出世俗或指去世)。弃养(父母死亡的婉辞)。弃置不顾。弃瑕录用。

Synonym: 舍

Antonyms: 拾

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 廾

Ideographic:Two hands 廾 discarding a dead, swaddled baby 亠厶

Character Formation:

⿳ Above to middle and below
- 亠 [ tóu ] lid, cover; head
- 厶 [ sī ] private, secret
- 廾 [ gǒng ] two hands

Similar Characters: 竎笄齐

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放弃HSK 4	fàng qì	to renounce; to abandon; to give up
抛弃HSK 6	pāo qì	to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
废弃	fèi qì	to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate
摒弃	bìng qì	to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake
遗弃	yí qì	to leave; to abandon

1		qǐng 请 bié 别 pāo qì 抛弃 wǒ 我。 Please don't abandon me.
2		yé ye 爷爷 bù 不 xǐ huan 喜欢 fàng qì 放弃。 Grandpa doesn't like to give up.
3		zán men 咱们 hái 还 bù rú 不如 fàng qì 放弃 ba 吧？ Shouldn't we just give up?
4		wǒ 我 yǒu shí hou 有时候 xiǎng 想 yào 要 fàng qì 放弃。 Sometimes I feel like giving up.
5		tā 他 zǎo yǐ 早已 fàng qì 放弃 le 了 jiù zhì 救治。 He had long given up treatment.

1		qǐng 请 bié 别 pāo qì 抛弃 wǒ 我。 Please don't abandon me.
2		yé ye 爷爷 bù 不 xǐ huan 喜欢 fàng qì 放弃。 Grandpa doesn't like to give up.
3		zán men 咱们 hái 还 bù rú 不如 fàng qì 放弃 ba 吧？ Shouldn't we just give up?
4		wǒ 我 yǒu shí hou 有时候 xiǎng 想 yào 要 fàng qì 放弃。 Sometimes I feel like giving up.
5		tā 他 zǎo yǐ 早已 fàng qì 放弃 le 了 jiù zhì 救治。 He had long given up treatment.