Chinese symbol for “abstain”
弃权
qì quán
Traditional: 棄權
to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abstain is 弃权 (qì quán), defined as: to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弃权.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放弃 (放棄) | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 抛弃 (拋棄) | pāo qì | to abandon; to discard |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 丢弃 (丟棄) | diū qì | to discard; to abandon |
| 遗弃 (遺棄) | yí qì | to leave; to abandon |
| 舍弃 (捨棄) | shě qì | to give up; to abandon |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 权力 (權力) | quán lì | power; authority |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abstain”.
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.