放棄

See also: 放弃

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


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
    放棄 [Cantonese, trad.]
    放弃 [Cantonese, simp.]
    sik6 zo2 loeng5 daam6 zau6 fong3 hei3 [Jyutping]
    ate two bites before giving up
    唔使放棄 / 唔使放弃 [Cantonese]   m4 sai2 fong3 hei3 zyu6 [Jyutping]   you don't need to give up yet

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

放棄 (hiragana ほうき, rōmaji hōki, historical hiragana はうき)

  1. abandonment, giving up
  2. abandonment, renunciation

Antonyms

Verb

放棄する (hiragana ほうきする, rōmaji hōki suru, historical hiragana はうきする)

  1. abandon, give up
    核施設 (かくしせつ) (ほう) ()する
    kaku shisetsu o hōki suru
    abandon a nuclear plant
  2. abandon, renounce, relinquish
     () () (ほう) ()する
    jichi o hōki suru
    renounce autonomy

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References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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