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弃
棄
qì
1. to abandon
2. to relinquish
3. to discard
4. to throw away
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

弃
qì
to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

丢弃
diūqì
to discard
割弃
gēqì
to discard
厌弃
yànqì
to spurn
吐弃
tǔqì
to spurn
唾弃
tuòqì
to spurn
HSK 6
嫌弃
xiánqì
to avoid sb (out of dislike)
废弃
fèiqì
to discard
扔弃
rēngqì
to abandon
抛弃
pāoqì
to abandon
HSK 6
拚弃
pànqì
to abandon
捐弃
juānqì
to relinquish
舍弃
shěqì
to give up
摒弃
bìngqì
to abandon
摈弃
bìnqì
to abandon
放弃
fàngqì
to renounce
HSK 4
弃世
qìshì
to leave this world
弃婴
qìyīng
to abandon an infant
弃守
qìshǒu
to give up defending
弃市
qìshì
public execution (old)
弃核
qìhé
to renounce nuclear weapons

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,104
Word Frequency Rank
1,067 of 84,292

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