pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
弃 
棄 
qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away 
 
 
strokes 
12 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
8 
 
背弃 
背棄 
bei4 qi4 
 
 
abandon; desert; renounce 
 
背信弃义 
背信棄義 
bei4 xin4 qi4 yi4 
 
 
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray; treachery; perfidy 
 
鄙弃 
鄙棄 
bi3 qi4 
 
 
to disdain; to loathe 
 
摈弃 
擯棄 
bin4 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to discard; to cast away 
 
摒弃 
摒棄 
bing4 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake 
 
不离不弃 
不離不棄 
bu4 li2 bu4 qi4 
 
 
to never leave each other 
 
丢弃 
丟棄 
diu1 qi4 
 
 
to discard; to abandon 
 
放弃 
放棄 
fang4 qi4 
 
 
to renounce; to abandon; to give up 
 
废弃 
廢棄 
fei4 qi4 
 
 
to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate 
 
割弃 
割棄 
ge1 qi4 
 
 
to discard; to abandon; to give (sth) up 
 
故旧不弃 
故舊不棄 
gu4 jiu4 bu4 qi4 
 
 
do not neglect old friends 
 
荒弃 
荒棄 
huang1 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to let go to waste 
 
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 
黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 
huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4 wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2 
 
 
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom) 
 
捐弃 
捐棄 
juan1 qi4 
 
 
to relinquish; to abandon 
 
可选择丢弃 
可選擇丟棄 
ke3 xuan3 ze2 diu1 qi4 
 
 
discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE 
 
离弃 
離棄 
li2 qi4 
 
 
to abandon 
 
偶语弃市 
偶語棄市 
ou3 yu3 qi4 shi4 
 
 
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom) 
 
拚弃 
拚棄 
pan4 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to discard; to throw away 
 
抛弃 
拋棄 
pao1 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) 
 
弃暗投明 
棄暗投明 
qi4 an4 tou2 ming2 
 
 
to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one 
 
弃保潜逃 
棄保潛逃 
qi4 bao3 qian2 tao2 
 
 
to jump bail 
 
弃船 
棄船 
qi4 chuan2 
 
 
to abandon ship 
 
弃恶从善 
棄惡從善 
qi4 e4 cong2 shan4 
 
 
to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom) 
 
弃核 
棄核 
qi4 he2 
 
 
to renounce nuclear weapons 
 
弃旧图新 
棄舊圖新 
qi4 jiu4 tu2 xin1 
 
 
to turn over a new leaf 
 
弃绝 
棄絕 
qi4 jue2 
 
 
to abandon; to forsake 
 
弃农经商 
棄農經商 
qi4 nong2 jing1 shang1 
 
 
to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom) 
 
弃权 
棄權 
qi4 quan2 
 
 
to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote; to abdicate 
 
弃若敝屣 
棄若敝屣 
qi4 ruo4 bi4 xi3 
 
 
to throw away like worn out shoes 
 
弃市 
棄市 
qi4 shi4 
 
 
public execution (old) 
 
弃世 
棄世 
qi4 shi4 
 
 
to leave this world; to die 
 
弃守 
棄守 
qi4 shou3 
 
 
to give up defending; to yield; to surrender 
 
弃邪归正 
棄邪歸正 
qi4 xie2 gui1 zheng4 
 
 
to give up evil and return to virtue 
 
弃樱 
棄櫻 
qi4 ying1 
 
 
abandoned baby 
 
弃婴 
棄嬰 
qi4 ying1 
 
 
to abandon an infant; abandoned baby 
 
弃用 
棄用 
qi4 yong4 
 
 
to stop using; to abandon; abandoned; deprecated 
 
弃约背盟 
棄約背盟 
qi4 yue1 bei4 meng2 
 
 
to abrogate an agreement; to break one's oath (idiom) 
 
弃之如敝屣 
棄之如敝屣 
qi4 zhi1 ru2 bi4 xi3 
 
 
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom) 
 
弃置 
棄置 
qi4 zhi4 
 
 
to throw away; to discard 
 
前功尽弃 
前功盡棄 
qian2 gong1 jin4 qi4 
 
 
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain 
 
扔弃 
扔棄 
reng1 qi4 
 
 
to abandon; to discard; to throw away 
 
舍弃 
捨棄 
she3 qi4 
 
 
to give up; to abandon; to abort 
 
食之无味,弃之不甘 
食之無味,棄之不甘 
shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 - qi4 zhi1 bu4 gan1 
 
 
see 食之無味,棄之可惜|食之无味,弃之可惜 
 
食之无味,弃之可惜 
食之無味,棄之可惜 
shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 - qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1 
 
 
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom); fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them 
 
吐弃 
吐棄 
tu3 qi4 
 
 
to spurn; to reject 
 
唾弃 
唾棄 
tuo4 qi4 
 
 
to spurn; to disdain 
 
遐弃 
遐棄 
xia2 qi4 
 
 
to cast away; to reject; to shun; to desert one's post 
 
嫌弃 
嫌棄 
xian2 qi4 
 
 
to avoid sb (out of dislike); to turn one's back on sb; to ignore 
 
厌弃 
厭棄 
yan4 qi4 
 
 
to spurn; to reject 
 
遗妻弃子 
遺妻棄子 
yi2 qi1 qi4 zi3 
 
 
to abandon wife and children 
 
遗弃 
遺棄 
yi2 qi4 
 
 
to leave; to abandon 
 
逐渐废弃 
逐漸廢棄 
zhu2 jian4 fei4 qi4 
 
 
to abandon gradually 
 
自暴自弃 
自暴自棄 
zi4 bao4 zi4 qi4 
 
 
to abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering