棄嬰

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	infant; baby
trad. (棄嬰)		棄	嬰
simp. (弃婴)		弃	婴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ jing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khì-eng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ êng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìying
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-ying¹
  - Yale: chì-yīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihing
  - Palladius: циин (ciin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ jing¹
  - Yale: hei yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ jing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ ying¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-eng
  - Tâi-lô: khì-ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie'efng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki³ êng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì eng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ eŋ³³/

Noun

棄嬰

abandoned baby; unwanted child

Verb

棄⫽嬰 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to abandon one's baby