放弃/放棄 fàngqì — to give up, to abandon (a plan, right, opportunity)

Meanings

1. 1

   to give up, to abandon (a plan, right, opportunity)

   放, to let go, and 弃, to discard — releasing something one had a hold on: a plan, a seat, a right, a habit. It takes an object the way 忘记 or 完成 does, never standing alone the way English "give up" can.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 放

  fàng (fourth tone, falling)

  to put, to place, to lay down; to let go, to release, to set free; to let out, to give a holiday

  8 strokes⿰方攵Radical 攴

Example sentences

• 不管多难，你都不能放弃。/不管多難，你都不能放棄。Bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) nán, (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) fàngqì. (fourth tone, falling)···

  No matter how hard it is, you mustn’t give up.

• 他为了工作，放弃了休息的时间。/他為了工作，放棄了休息的時間。Tā (first tone, high and level) wèile (fourth tone, falling) gōngzuò, (first tone, high and level) fàngqìle (fourth tone, falling) xiūxi (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) shíjiān. (second tone, rising)···

  He gave up his rest time for the sake of work.

Words containing 放

• 放fàng (fourth tone, falling)to put, to place, to set down
• 放心fàngxīn (fourth tone, falling)to set one’s mind at rest, to stop worrying