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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qì | qi4
English translation
to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Positional decomposition

⿳⿱亠厶廾木

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of two hands ( gǒng ) putting a child () in a basket () for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it. The traditional component was removed for simplification.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
放弃 fàngqì to renounce放棄
抛弃 pāoqì to abandon拋棄
to abandon
弃权 qì quán to forfeit棄權
遗弃 yí qì to leave遺棄
废弃 fèi qì to discard廢棄
嫌弃 xián qì to ignore嫌棄
丢弃 diū qì to discard丟棄
舍弃 shě qì to give up捨棄
摒弃 bìng qì to abandon摒棄
背弃 bèi qì abandon背棄
唾弃 tuòqì to spurn唾棄
自暴自弃 zì bào zì qì to abandon oneself to despair自暴自棄
前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)前功盡棄
背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì treachery背信棄義
摈弃 bìn qì to abandon擯棄
弃置 qì zhì to throw away棄置
弃婴 qì yīng abandoned baby棄嬰
离弃 lí qì to abandon離棄
厌弃 yàn qì to spurn厭棄
鄙弃 bǐ qì to disdain鄙棄
弃暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light棄暗投明

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