自棄

See also: 自弃

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
trad. (自棄)		自	棄
simp. (自弃)		自	弃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìqì

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhcì
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: dz̀-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhchih
  - Palladius: цзыци (czyci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ hei³
  - Yale: jih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² hei̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    正自
    稚氣 / 稚气
    自棄 / 自弃

Adjective

自棄

(archaic) to allow itself to be ignored; to throw itself away; to cause itself to be discarded
- 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")
  天生麗質難自棄／天生丽质难自弃 ― Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì ― Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
自	棄
じ Grade: 2	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じき [jíꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲi]

Noun

自(じ)棄(き) • (jiki)

self-abandonment, loss of interest in life, despair

Related terms

自暴自棄(じぼうじき) (jibōjiki, “desperation, abandon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
自	棄
やけ
Grade: 2	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 自棄 – see the following entry.

【やけ】	[noun] despair, desperation Alternative spelling 焼け

(This term, 自棄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)