弃

qì

reject, abandon, discard

How to write 弃, stroke by stroke

to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away

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

Made of 亠 + 厶 + 廾

放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
抛弃pāo qìto abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
废弃fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate
遗弃yí qìto leave; to abandon
丢弃diū qìto discard; to abandon
舍弃shě qìto give up; to abandon; to abort
背弃bèi qìto abandon; to desert; to renounce
嫌弃xián qìto regard with disdain; to shun
弃权qì quánto waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
唾弃tuò qìto spurn; to disdain
摒弃bìng qìto abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake
弃船qì chuánto abandon ship

公司放弃了那个项目。
gōng sī fàng qì le nà ge xiàng mù 。
The company abandoned that project.
他为了钱抛弃自己的原则。
tā wèi le qián pāo qì zì jǐ de yuán zé 。
He sold his principles for money.
那幢房子看起来被遗弃了。
nà zhuàng fáng zi kàn qǐ lái bèi yí qì le 。
That house appears deserted.
他们永不言弃。
tā men yǒng bù yán qì 。
They never give up.
这个学生自暴自弃了。
zhè ge xué shēng zì bào zì qì le 。
The student gave himself up to despair.