棄養

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (棄養)		棄	養
simp. (弃养)		弃	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìyàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-yang⁴
    • Yale: chì-yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihyanq
    • Palladius: циян (cijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ joeng⁵
    • Yale: hei yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jœːŋ¹³/

Verb

棄養

1. (literary, euphemistic, of one's parents) to pass away (and are thus no longer cared for by their children)
2. to abandon and no longer look after (children, parents, pets)