棄 (hei3) — throw away; discard; abandon; forsake; shun; give up; leave behind; cast aside in Cantonese
hei˗₃棄简 弃
Mandarin Pinyin: qi4
Meaning of 棄
nounthrow away; discard; abandon; forsake; shun; give up; leave behind; cast aside
Example Sentences with 棄
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好paauˉ¹抛hei˗₃棄ngoˏ₅我
Don't abandon me.
keoiˏ₅佢paauˉ¹抛hei˗₃棄zoˊ²咗gauˍ₆舊jeˏ₅嘢
He threw away the old stuff.
ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想paauˉ¹抛hei˗₃棄neiˏ₅你
I don't want to give you up.
keoiˏ₅佢paauˉ¹抛hei˗₃棄zoˊ²咗niˉ¹呢go˗₃個soengˊ²想faat˗₃法
He abandoned this idea.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gam˗₃咁faai˗₃快paauˉ¹抛hei˗₃棄
Don't give up so quickly.
Words Containing 棄
抛妻棄子paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2
to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family
棄保潛逃hei3 bou2 cim4 tou4
to jump bail; to forfeit one's bail
棄權hei3 kyun4
to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote
抛棄paau1 hei3
abandon; cast away; discard off
摒棄bing3 hei3
discard; reject; abandon; get rid of
前功盡棄cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3
have all prior work or efforts go down the drain | also 前功盡廢 in Cantonese.
丟棄diu1 hei3
discard; abandon; cast away
即棄(式)zik1 hei3 (sik1)
disposable [國]: 即抛式
嫌棄jim4 hei3
to ignore someone; to give sb the cold-shoulder; antipathy toward sb [粵]: 嫌 (jim4), 憎 (zang1)
棄世hei3 sai3
to leave this world; to die
棄置hei3 zi3
to throw away; to discard
擯棄ban3 hei3
abandon
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