Chinese symbol for “abandon”
抛弃
pāo qì
Traditional: 拋棄
to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abandon is 抛弃 (pāo qì), defined as: to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abandon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弃 (棄) | qì | to abandon; to relinquish |
| 丢下 (丟下) | diū xià | to abandon |
| 荒废 (荒廢) | huāng fèi | to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated |
| 放弃 (放棄) | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 摒弃 (摒棄) | bìng qì | to abandon; to discard |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抛弃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抛开 (拋開) | pāo kāi | to throw out; to get rid of |
| 抛出 (拋出) | pāo chū | to toss; to throw out |
| 抛售 (拋售) | pāo shòu | to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) |
| 抛锚 (拋錨) | pāo máo | to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down |
| 抛光 (拋光) | pāo guāng | to polish; to burnish |
| 放弃 (放棄) | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 丢弃 (丟棄) | diū qì | to discard; to abandon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abandon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.