自棄

See also: 自弃

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (自棄)		自	棄
simp. (自弃)		自	弃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhcì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhchih
    • Palladius: цзыци (czyci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ hei³
    • Yale: jih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 正自 稚氣 / 稚气 自棄 / 自弃

Adjective

自棄

1. (archaic) to allow itself to be ignored; to throw itself away; to cause itself to be discarded
   • 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")

     天生麗質難自棄／天生丽质难自弃  ―  Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì  ―  Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
自	棄
じ Grade: 2	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じき [jíꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲi]

Noun

自(じ)棄(き) • (jiki) 

1. self-abandonment, loss of interest in life, despair

Related terms

• 自暴自棄(じぼうじき) (jibōjiki, “desperation, abandon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
自	棄
やけ
Grade: 2	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 自棄 – see the following entry.

【やけ】 [noun] despair, desperation Alternative spelling 焼け

(This term, 自棄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “〈自棄〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025