拋妻棄子

Chinese

		to throw; to toss; to fling to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon	wife; to marry off (a daughter)	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (拋妻棄子)		拋	妻	棄	子
simp. (抛妻弃子)		抛	妻	弃	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāoqīqìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ cai¹ hei³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāoqīqìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paocicìzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-chʻi¹-chʻi⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: pāu-chī-chì-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pauchichihtzyy
    • Palladius: паоцицицзы (paociciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹ cai¹ hei³ zi²
    • Yale: pāau chāi hei jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ tsai¹ hei³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ cei¹ héi³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

拋妻棄子

1. to abandon one's wife and children