棄

qì

reject, abandon, discard

How to write 棄, 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 + 木

放棄fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
拋棄pāo qìto abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
廢棄fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate
遺棄yí qìto leave; to abandon
丟棄diū qìto discard; to abandon
捨棄shě qìto give up; to abandon; to abort
背棄bèi qìto abandon; to desert; to renounce
嫌棄xián qìto regard with disdain; to shun
棄權qì quánto waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
唾棄tuò qìto spurn; to disdain
摒棄bìng qìto abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake
棄船qì chuánto abandon ship

我不信你要放棄。
wǒ bú xìn nǐ yào fàng qì 。
I can't believe you're giving up.
我放棄了所有生存的希望。
wǒ fàng qì le suǒ yǒu shēng cún de xī wàng 。
I gave up all hope of survival.
他們離棄了自己的國家。
tā mén lí qì le zì jǐ de guó jiā 。
They abandoned their country.
他覺得被社會遺棄了。
tā jué dé bèi shè huì yí qì le 。
He felt alienated from society.
她們被母親拋棄了。
tā mén bèi mǔ qīn pāo qì le 。
They were abandoned by their mother.