棄嬰

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	infant; baby
trad. (棄嬰)		棄	嬰
simp. (弃婴)		弃	婴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ jing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-eng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ êng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìying
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-ying¹
    • Yale: chì-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihing
    • Palladius: циин (ciin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ jing¹
    • Yale: hei yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-eng
    • Tâi-lô: khì-ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³ êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ eŋ³³/

Noun

棄嬰

1. abandoned baby; unwanted child

Verb

棄⫽嬰 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to abandon one's baby