to abandon; to throw away; to discard

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.8)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

棄 qì
  1. 1. to abandon
  2. 2. to throw away
  3. 3. to discard
  4. 4. to relinquish

Words containing 棄

Word Meaning
to surrender; to give up defending; to yield
public execution (old)
to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
to renounce nuclear weapons
abandoned baby
to abstain from voting; to waive one's right to vote
to abandon; to stop using; abandoned
to break one's oath (idiom); to abrogate an agreement
to abandon; to forsake
to discard; to throw away
to turn over a new leaf
to abandon ship
to throw away like worn out shoes
to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
to give up evil and return to virtue
treachery
abandon; renounce; desert
to abandon oneself to despair
to abandon; to let go to waste
to abandon gradually
to cast away; to reject; to shun
to abandon wife and children
to abandon; to leave
to disdain; to loathe