放 fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 方 square, rectangle 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
放弃
fàngqì
to give up
Characters in this word
弃 qì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 厶 private, secret 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 不要放弃。 Bú yào fàng qì. Do not give up.
- 他放弃了。 Tā fàng qì le. He gave up.
- 我不放弃。 Wǒ bú fàng qì. I do not give up.
Related words
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 放下 fàngxia to put down
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 播放 bōfàng to play; to broadcast
- 放到 fàngdào to put in; to put onto
- 开放 kāifàng to open; to bloom
- 放松 fàngsōng to relax
- 放大 fàngdà to enlarge
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 欠 qiàn to owe; to be short of