抛弃 meaning in English

pāoqì

to abandon; to discard

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 拋棄14 strokes

Meaning of 抛弃

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāoqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to discard
  3. to renounce
  4. to dump (sb)

抛弃 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā为wèi了le钱qián抛pāo弃qì自zì己jǐ的de原yuán则zé。
He sold his principles for money.
他tā们men被bèi抛pāo弃qì在zài一yī座zuò荒huāng岛dǎo上shàng。
They were marooned on a desert isle.
她tā抛pāo弃qì了le她tā的de孩hái子zi。
She abandoned her children.
她tā们men被bèi母mǔ亲qīn抛pāo弃qì了le。
They were abandoned by their mother.
汤tāng姆mǔ抛pāo弃qì了le他tā们men。
Tom abandoned them.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

抛 pāo · to throw · 7 strokes

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  7. 7

弃 qì · to abandon · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 抛弃.

放弃fàngqìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
遗弃yíqìto leave; to abandon
丢弃diūqìto discard; to abandon
抛开pāokāito throw out; to get rid of
嫌弃xiánqìto regard with disdain; to shun
废弃fèiqìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
舍弃shěqìto give up; to abandon
背弃bèiqìto abandon; to desert
抛出pāochūto toss; to throw out
弃权qìquánto waive a right; to abstain (from voting)
抛锚pāomáoto drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
抛下pāoxiàto throw down; to dump

Questions about 抛弃

What does 抛弃 mean?

抛弃 (pāoqì) means "to abandon; to discard" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 抛弃?

抛弃 is made of 2 characters: 抛 (7 strokes), 弃 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 抛弃 an HSK word?

Yes. 抛弃 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 抛弃 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 抛弃 is written 拋棄.