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Animated Stroke Order 弃

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How to write 弃 — animated stroke order

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How to Use 弃

Compound verbs meaning to discard or abandon

These words combine 弃 with another verb to form a compound meaning to throw away or give up.

放弃 • fàng qì • to renounce • HSK 4

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HSK Vocabulary: 弃

废弃 • fèi qì • Abandoned

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

fèi废

qì弃

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Example Sentences

tā他

jué决

dìng定

fàng放

qì弃

zhè这

ge

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Pinyinqì

Meaningto discard, abandon, or throw away

Strokes7

Radical廾

Traditional棄

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#810

Zhuyinㄑㄧˋ

UnicodeU+5F03

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A child (子) thrown away with two hands (廾) — to abandon or discard, like leaving a baby behind.

fàng放

qì弃

to renounce

抛弃 • pāo qì • throw away; abandon; forsake • HSK 6

HSK 6

pāo抛

qì弃

throw away; abandon; forsake

丢弃 • diū qì • Discard • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

diū丢

qì弃

Discard

Verbs meaning to reject with contempt

These words combine 弃 with a verb indicating disdain or disgust to mean spurn or disdainfully abandon.

唾弃 • tuò qì • spurn • HSK 6

HSK 6

tuò唾

qì弃

spurn

嫌弃 • xián qì • Reject / Disdain • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

xián嫌

qì弃

Reject / Disdain

Abandoned

弃权 • qì quán • abstain

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

qì弃

quán权

abstain

遗弃 • yí qì • Abandon

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

yí遗

qì弃

Abandon

个

jì计

huà划

。

He decided to give up this plan.

tā他

zài在

tóu投

piào票

shí时

xuǎn选

zé择

le了

qì弃

quán权

。

He chose to abstain during the vote.

Tā他

shě舍

qì弃

le了

jiù旧

fáng房

zi子

。

He abandoned the old house.

tā他

yí遗

qì弃

le了

nà那

zhǐ只

xiǎo小

gǒu狗

。

He abandoned the little dog.

tā她

pāo抛

qì弃

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

de的

jiù旧

wù物

pǐn品

。

She abandoned all the old items.

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凄qīchilly, desolate, sorrowful
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弄nòngplay with; fix; manage
弈yìto play chess or a board game
异yìdifferent, strange, separate
弊bìfraud, harm, disadvantage
开kāito switch on; open

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