LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English

ChineseCharactersMeanings inMandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗

DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

拋妻棄子

简抛妻弃子 · 繁拋妻棄子

Mandarin · pinyin pāo qī qì zǐ

to abandon one's wife and child(ren)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

拋: Look up this written character
妻: qī · wife
棄: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
抛: pāo · throw (away)
弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–4–3 · pao1 qi1 qi4 zi3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 拋妻棄子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) to abandon one's wife and children

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack