放棄

See also: 放弃

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (放棄)		放	棄
simp. (放弃)		放	弃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fong-hi / piong-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòng-khì / pàng-khì

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngcì
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: fàng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqchih
    • Palladius: фанци (fanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 放棄／放弃 放氣／放气

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong³ hei³
    • Yale: fong hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 放棄／放弃 放氣／放气

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong-hi / piong-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong hi / biong hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong⁴ hi⁴ / biong⁴ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/, /pi̯oŋ⁵⁵ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: hòng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horngqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngqix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

放棄

1. to give up; to renounce; to abandon

   放棄搶救／放弃抢救  ―  fàngqì qiǎngjiù  ―  to give up resuscitation

   食咗兩啖就放棄 [Cantonese, trad.]
   食咗两啖就放弃 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sik⁶ zo² loeng⁵ daam⁶ zau⁶ fong³ hei³ [Jyutping]

   ate two bites before giving up

   唔使放棄住／唔使放弃住 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ sai² fong³ hei³ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  you don't need to give up yet

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 丟掉／丢掉 (diūdiào)
• 丟棄／丢弃 (diūqì)
• 割 (literary, or in compounds)
• 割捨／割舍 (gēshě) (literary)
• 屏棄／屏弃 (bǐngqì)
• 廢棄／废弃 (fèiqì)
• 扔掉 (rēngdiào)
• 扔棄／扔弃 (rēngqì)
• 拋／抛 (pāo)
• 㧒捒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 㧒捔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拋棄／抛弃 (pāoqì)
• 捐 (literary, or in compounds)
• 捨去／舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
• 捨棄／舍弃 (shěqì)
• 揕捒 (Hokkien)
• 揚棄／扬弃 (yángqì)
• 摒棄／摒弃 (bìngqì)
• 擯棄／摈弃 (bìnqì)
• 擯除／摈除 (bìnchú)
• 擲捒／掷捒 (Hokkien)
• 放捒 (Hokkien)
• 放生 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 棄絕／弃绝 (qìjué) (literary)
• 犧牲／牺牲 (xīshēng) (figurative)
• 甩捒 (Hokkien)
• 甩掉 (shuǎidiào)
• 遺棄／遗弃 (yíqì)
• 離棄／离弃 (líqì)

 

Antonyms

• 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
放	棄
ほう Grade: 3	き Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
抛棄

Etymology

From earlier 抛棄 (hōki). 放 (hō, “to release, to set free”) is a daiyōji replacing 抛 (hō, “to throw, to hurl”).

Noun

放(ほう)棄(き) • (hōki) ^{←はうき (fauki)?}

1. abandonment, giving up
2. abandonment, renunciation

Antonyms

• (giving up): 維(い)持(じ) (iji), 護(ご)持(じ) (goji, “maintenance”)
• (renunciation): 獲(かく)得(とく) (kakutoku, “acquisition”); 簒(さん)奪(だつ) (sandatsu), 横(よこ)取(ど)り (yokodori, “arrogation”)

Verb

放(ほう)棄(き)する • (hōki suru) ^{←はうき (fauki)?}suru (stem 放(ほう)棄(き)し (hōki shi), past 放(ほう)棄(き)した (hōki shita))

1. to abandon, to give up

   核(かく)施(し)設(せつ)を放(ほう)棄(き)する

   kaku shisetsu o hōki suru

   to abandon a nuclear plant

2. to abandon, to renounce, to relinquish

   自治(じち)を放(ほう)棄(き)する

   jichi o hōki suru

   to renounce autonomy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "放棄する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	放棄し	ほうきし	hōki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	放棄し	ほうきし	hōki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	放棄する	ほうきする	hōki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	放棄する	ほうきする	hōki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	放棄すれ	ほうきすれ	hōki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	放棄せよ¹ 放棄しろ²	ほうきせよ¹ ほうきしろ²	hōki seyo¹ hōki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	放棄される	ほうきされる	hōki sareru
Causative	放棄させる 放棄さす	ほうきさせる ほうきさす	hōki saseru hōki sasu
Potential	放棄できる	ほうきできる	hōki dekiru
Volitional	放棄しよう	ほうきしよう	hōki shiyō
Negative	放棄しない	ほうきしない	hōki shinai
Negative continuative	放棄せず	ほうきせず	hōki sezu
Formal	放棄します	ほうきします	hōki shimasu
Perfective	放棄した	ほうきした	hōki shita
Conjunctive	放棄して	ほうきして	hōki shite
Hypothetical conditional	放棄すれば	ほうきすれば	hōki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (give up): 棄(す)てる (suteru)
• (renounce): 手(て)放(ばな)す (tebanasu)

Derived terms

• 育(いく)児(じ)放(ほう)棄(き) (ikujihōki)
• 権(けん)利(り)放(ほう)棄(き) (kenrihōki)
• 耕(こう)作(さく)放(ほう)棄(き) (kōsakuhōki)
• 債(さい)権(けん)放(ほう)棄(き) (saikenhōki)
• 戦(せん)争(そう)放(ほう)棄(き) (sensōhōki)
• 相(そう)続(ぞく)放(ほう)棄(き) (sōzokuhōki)
• 養(よう)育(いく)放(ほう)棄(き) (yōikuhōki)