弃 (qì) means Abandon (discard - abstain). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他一度想放 弃 。
Tā yídù xiǎng fàngqì.
At one point he thought of giving up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一度
他始终没有放 弃 。
Tā shǐzhōng méiyǒu fàngqì.
He never gave up from beginning to end.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 始终
这只狗是被人抛 弃 的。
Zhè zhī gǒu shì bèi rén pāoqì de.
This dog was abandoned by someone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抛弃
这种行为被大家唾 弃 。
Zhè zhǒng xíngwéi bèi dàjiā tuòqì.
This behaviour is spurned by everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 唾弃
他不得不放 弃 这次机会。
Tā bù dé bù fàngqì zhè cì jīhuì.
He had no choice but to give up this opportunity.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 不得不
遇到困难也别轻易放 弃 。
Yùdào kùnnan yě bié qīngyì fàngqì.
Do not give up easily when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 放弃
即使很难,他也不放 弃 。
Jíshǐ hěn nán, tā yě bú fàngqì.
Even though it is hard, he does not give up.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 即使
遇到挫折不要轻易放 弃 。
Yùdào cuòzhé bú yào qīngyì fàngqì.
Do not give up easily when you meet a setback.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挫折
他唾 弃 一切虚伪的东西。
Tā tuòqì yíqiè xūwěi de dōngxi.
He casts aside everything hypocritical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 唾弃
他从没抛 弃 过自己的理想。
Tā cóng méi pāoqì guo zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng.
He has never abandoned his ideals.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抛弃
她不惜放 弃 高薪工作去读书。
Tā bùxī fàngqì gāo xīn gōngzuò qù dúshū.
She did not hesitate to give up a well-paid job in order to study.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不惜
生活的压力逼迫他放 弃 了学业。
Shēnghuó de yālì bīpò tā fàngqì le xuéyè.
The pressures of life forced him to give up his studies.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逼迫
他在与病魔的搏斗中从未放 弃 。
Tā zài yǔ bìngmó de bódòu zhōng cóngwèi fàngqì.
He never gave up in his struggle against the illness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搏斗
他虽然身有残疾,却从未放 弃 学习。
Tā suīrán shēn yǒu cánji, què cóngwèi fàngqì xuéxí.
Although he has a disability, he has never given up studying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 残疾
第一次尝试失败了,但他没有放 弃 。
Dì yī cì chángshì shībài le, dàn tā méiyǒu fàngqì.
The first attempt failed, but he did not give up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尝试
考砸了也不丢人,重要的是别放 弃 。
Kǎo zá le yě bù diū rén, zhòngyào de shì bié fàngqì.
Failing an exam is no disgrace; what matters is not giving up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丢人
Reading these is one thing; producing 弃 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
有好几次,我差点儿就放 弃 了。
yǒu hǎojǐ cì, wǒ chā / chà / chāi diǎn ér jiù fàngqìle.
There were several times I nearly gave up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我想放 弃 ,可是爸爸说:“再试一次。”
wǒ xiǎng fàngqì, kěshì bàba shuō:" zài shì yīcì."
I wanted to give up, but dad said, "One more go."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
Words that contain 弃
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 弃
How is 弃 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 弃 (qì, "Abandon (discard - abstain)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 弃 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 弃 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 弃?
The dictionary page for 弃 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
Keep going
Read the full entry for 弃, write a sentence of your own and check it in the Pinyin Annotator, or search the whole sentence bank for another word.
Another word
Chinese, pinyin or English. Tone marks optional.