棄 (hei3 | qi4) : throw away; discard; abandon

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棄

hei3

qi4

throw away; discard; abandon; forsake; shun; give up; leave behind; cast aside

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

棄 / 弃

This word has been viewed 8931 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Dec 2010 01:10

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自暴自棄 zi6 bou6 zi6 hei3 = desperateness, self-degredation

廢棄 fai3 hei3 fei4 qi4 = discard; abandon; invalidate

棄嬰 hei3 jing1 qi4 ying1 = an abandoned baby

棄將 hei3 zoeng1 = a misfit

棄權 hei3 kyun4 qi4 quan2 = to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote

棄世 hei3 sai3 qi4 shi4 = to leave this world; to die

棄置 hei3 zi3 qi4 zhi4 = to throw away; to discard

不捨不棄 bat1 se2 bat1 hei3 = never give up

摒棄 bing3 hei3 bing4 qi4 = discard; reject; abandon

遺棄 wai4 hei3 yi2 qi4 = abandon; fall away; desertion

棄保潛逃 hei3 bou2 cim4 tou4 qi4 bao3 qian2 tao2 = to jump bail; to forfeit one's bail

丟棄 diu1 hei3 diu1 qi4 = discard; abandon; cast away

抛棄 paau1 hei3 pao1 qi4 = abandon; cast away; discard off

離棄 lei4 hei3 li2 qi4 = abandon; leave

前功盡棄 cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3 qian2 gong1 jin4 qi4 = have all prior work or efforts go down the drain

即棄(式) zik1 hei3 (sik1) ji2 qi4（shi4） = disposable 粵

抛妻棄子 paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2 pao1 qi1 qi4 zi3 = to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family

棄權票 hei3 kyun4 piu3 qi4 quan2 piao4 = vote abstention

棄絕 hei3 zyut6 qi4 jue2 = refuse; reject

背信棄義 bui3 seon3 hei3 ji6 bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4 = betray someone's trust

捨棄 se2 hei3 she3 qi4 = abandon

拋棄 paau1 hei3 pao1 qi4 = abandon

背棄 bui3 hei3 bei4 qi4 = abandon

放棄 fong3 hei3 fang4 qi4 = give up

嫌棄 jim4 hei3 xian2 qi4 = to ignore someone; to give sb the cold-shoulder; antipathy toward sb

唔好為咗一棵樹,而放棄成個森林 m4 hou2 wai6 zo2 jat1 po1 syu6, ji4 fong3 hei3 seng4 go3 sam1 lam4 = don't focus on only one girl, hence give up other girls 粵

唾棄 toe3 hei3 tuo4 qi4 = abandon; spurn; cast aside

棄養 hei2 joeng5 qi4 yang3 = of one's parents to decease (they have given up raising their children)

鄙棄 pei2 hei3 bi3 qi4 = to despise; to loathe; to disdain; to scorn

捐棄 gyun1 hei3 juan1 qi4 = to abandon; to relinquish; to give up

捐棄前嫌 gyun1 hei3 cin4 jim4 juan1 qi4 qian2 xian2 = to bury the hatchet; to forget former grudges

黃鐘毀棄 wong4 zung1 wai2 hei3 huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4 = mediocre people are in power (golden bells destroyed and discarded)

擯棄 ban3 hei3 bin4 qi4 = abandon

棄文就武 hei3 man4 zau6 mou5 qi4 wen2 jiu4 wu3 = forsake the pen for the sword

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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