棄養

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 sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)
trad. (棄養)		棄	養
simp. (弃养)		弃	养

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qìyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihyanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìyàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² joeng⁵
    • Yale: héi yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ jœ̽ːŋ¹³/

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)