遗 yí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 贵 expensive, costly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
遗弃
yíqì
to abandon; to desert
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
- 城市不能把老工业区简单遗弃，而应在更新中保存其历史记忆。 Chéngshì bù néng bǎ lǎo gōngyèqū jiǎndān yíqì, ér yīng zài gēngxīn zhōng bǎocún qí lìshǐ jìyì. A city should not simply abandon its old industrial districts; it should preserve their historical memory during renewal.
- 他小时候被父母遗弃，在福利院里长大。 Tā xiǎoshíhou bèi fùmǔ yíqì, zài fúlìyuàn lǐ zhǎngdà. He was abandoned by his parents as a child and grew up in a children's home.
- 有人把旧沙发遗弃在路边，没人愿意搬走。 Yǒu rén bǎ jiù shāfā yíqì zài lù biān, méi rén yuànyì bān zǒu. Someone abandoned an old sofa by the roadside, and nobody is willing to move it.
Related words
- 遗产 yíchǎn inheritance; heritage
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 遗址 yízhǐ ruins, historical site
- 后遗症 hòuyízhèng after-effect; sequela
- 遗留 yíliú to leave behind; remaining from the past
- 遗漏 yílòu to omit; to leave out
- 遗失 yíshī to lose; to mislay
- 遗体 yítǐ remains; body of the deceased
- 遗忘 yíwàng to forget; to be forgotten
- 遗物 yíwù relic; belongings left behind
- 遗嘱 yízhǔ will; testament
- 放弃 fàngqì to give up