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
弃权
qìquán
to abstain; to waive a right
Characters in this word
权 quán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在关键表决中，三名代表选择弃权，使议案未能获得足够支持。 Zài guānjiàn biǎojué zhōng, sān míng dàibiǎo xuǎnzé qìquán, shǐ yì'àn wèi néng huòdé zúgòu zhīchí. In the crucial vote, three representatives chose to abstain, so the proposal failed to gain enough support.
- 表决时他举起手又放下，最后还是选择了弃权。 Biǎojué shí tā jǔ qǐ shǒu yòu fàng xià, zuìhòu háishì xuǎnzé le qìquán. During the vote he raised his hand and then lowered it, finally choosing to abstain.
- 这场比赛他受了伤，只好弃权，把机会让给替补队员。 Zhè chǎng bǐsài tā shòu le shāng, zhǐhǎo qìquán, bǎ jīhuì ràng gěi tìbǔ duìyuán. He got injured in this match and had to withdraw, giving his spot to a substitute player.
Related words
- 放弃 fàngqì to give up
- 丢弃 diūqì to discard; to throw away
- 废弃 fèiqì to abandon; to discard
- 抛弃 pāoqì to abandon; to discard
- 唾弃 tuòqì to spurn; to reject with contempt
- 嫌弃 xiánqì to dislike; to look down on; to reject with disdain
- 遗弃 yíqì to abandon; to desert
- 权利 quánlì right
- 权力 quánlì power, authority
- 版权 bǎnquán copyright
- 产权 chǎnquán property rights
- 侵权 qīnquán to infringe rights; infringement