DISCARD    扔掉

DISPLACE something so as to VOLUNTARILY CAUSE ONESELF to LACK it.
DISPOSE OFTHROW AWAY/OUTGET RID OFTOSS OUTJETTISONSCRAPDISPENSE WITHCAST ASIDE/OFFTHROW ON THE SCRAP HEAPREJECTREPUDIATEABANDONDROPHAVE DONE WITHSHEDINFORMAL CHUCKDUMPDITCHJUNKTRASHDEEP-SIX
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐. 2. Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it. 3. Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time. 4. Shì 釋 (ant. liú 留 "keep in employment") and the rarer jiě 解 refer to rejecting the continued use of something. 5. Wěi 委 and zhì 置 (ant.* zhí 執 "hold onto" or chí 持 "hold onto") refer to putting things aside. See DISREGARD 6. Shě 捨 / 舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use. 7. Què 卻 (ant. shòu 受 "accept for employment") typically refers to a rejection or discarding of something as useless.
Modern Chinese Criteria
拋棄 擯棄 捐棄 委棄 丟棄 廢棄 撇棄 屏棄 毀棄 遺棄 廢除 丟掉 撇開 拋撇 棄絕 排擯 扔 拋 撇 廢 棄 委 丟 始亂終棄 棄之如敝屣 捨棄 放棄 割捨 割愛 舍 揚棄 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • DISREGARD　DECIDE to DISCARD from one's THOUGHT. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • DROP　DISCARD AND CAUSE TO FALL. (anc: 13/0, child: 0)
  • ETC　DISCARDING:omitting the REST BECAUSE it is KNOWN to the AUDIENCE. (anc: 13/0, child: 0)
  • ABANDON　DISCARD SOMEONE WHOM ONE SHOULD CARE FOR. (anc: 13/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • CHOOSETAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS.
  • SAFEGUARDHAVE AND CAUSE NOT TO BECOME DAMAGED.
  • HOLDCONTROL by KEEPING IN one's HANDS.
  • LIKEDESIRE INTENSELY so as to TEND to CHOOSE.
See also
  • REFUSEDECIDE NOT TO ACT:do as one has been REQUESTED to ACT OR IS EXPECTED TO ACT.
Hypernym
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 261

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.382.336

    ABANDONNER.DELAISSER

    • Words (49 items)

    棄  qì OC: khils MC: khi 84 Attributions

    The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 存/SAFEGUARD
    • Ant: 寘/PUT Zhì 寘 is limited to the concrete placing of a physical object in a place.
    • Ant: 親/INTIMATE The general word for close familiarity is qīn 親 (ant. shū 疏 "have only distant relations with"), but the word often retains connotations of kinship relations.
    • Ant: 崇/RESPECT Chóng 崇 and zōng 宗 refers to distant and typically religious veneration of a spirit or person very highly regarded. SHI 靡神不宗"there are no spirits which we have not honoured"
    • Ant: 即/APPROACH Jí 即 and jiù 就 (all ant. lí 離 "leave, move away from") refer neutrally to moving close to a certain place. [GENERAL]
    • Ant: 用/DEPLOY The current general word for deploying troops is chén 陳which connotes arrangement of things in ordered formations, and the more general yòng 用.
    • Assoc: 廢/DISMISS
    • Assoc: 捐/DISCARD
    • Assoc: 捐/DISCARD
    • Synon: 廢/DISCARD Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.
    • Synon: 絕/DISCARD
    • Oppos: 重/IMPORTANT Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕"of no consequence") focusses on what carries considerable weight in a certain context.

      Syntactic words
    • nobjectwhat has been discarded
    • vt(oN)discard the contextually determinate N
    • vt[oN{REFLEX}]give oneself up as hopeless, abandon oneself to a dissipated lifeLZ
    • vtoNabandon; set aside; discard (as no longe of use), throw away (useless things); refuse to accept
    • vtoNthrow away, discardCH
    • vtoNfigurative(unjustifiably) reject (proposals); abandon (a person); jetison; disregard (orders etc)
    • vtoNfigurativeabandon, reject
    • vtoNfigurativediscard (oneself), reject (oneself)
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe bound to rejection; get abandoned; be lostDS
    • vtoNN=humanbreak with (somebody); reject (someone) as unworthy
    • vtoNpassivebe rejected, be abandoned
    • vtt(oN1.)+N2N2=placethrow contextually determinate N1 away into N2
    • vttoN1.+N2discard N1 in the place N2
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2discard N1 in the place N2CH
    捨  shě OC: lʰaʔ MC: ɕɣɛ
    舍  shě OC: lʰaʔ MC: ɕɣɛ 58 Attributions

    Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

      Word relations
    • Result: 失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance.
    • Ant: 慳/FRUGAL
    • Ant: 趨/CHOOSE Qū 趨 (ant. bì 避 "shy away from and avoid") and the rarer xiàng 嚮 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") refer to a tendency to exercise a certain preference.
    • Synon: 投/DISCARD
    • Oppos: 取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").
    • Oppos: 趨/STRIVE FOR

      Syntactic words
    • nabactrejection (of a choice), discarding (of something one does not like)
    • vt(oN)figurativediscard, give up (with a contextually determinate abstract N)
    • vtoNgive up, release; opt against, reject as a choice; give up on; set aside; throw away
    • vtoNfigurativediscard, get rid of (with abstract N)
    • vtoNfigurativebe rejected
    • vtoNN=humanreject; refuse to employ
    • vtoNpsychdiscard (oneself)
    廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 56 Attributions

    Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 修 / 脩/CULTIVATE The current general term for cultivating something or refining it is xiū 修 (from Han times onwards sometimes also miswritten as xiū 脩, ant.* màn 慢 "neglect the cultivation of").
    • Object: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
    • Assoc: 荒/BARREN The standard word is huāng 荒 (ant. féi 肥 "rich, fertile" and wò 沃"fertile") which refers to any barren or uncultivated piece of land. [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]; [[COMMON]]
    • Synon: 去/DISCARD Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.
    • Synon: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.
    • Synon: 棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.
    • Oppos: 立/ESTABLISH The current general word for setting up anything abstract or concrete is lì 立 and the almost equally common shè 設.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe discarding, the failure to appoint
    • vadNabandoned, discarded, discontinued
    • vt[oN]discard or dismiss someone
    • vtoNreject, dismiss; disregard, fail to obey (orders); discard; eliminate, remove
    • vtoNabdiscarded NabCH
    • vtoNabfigurativediscarded the practice of NabCH
    • vtoNfigurativediscard from one's awareness> disregard, fail to pay attention to
    • vtoNfigurativemiddle voice, figurative: be discardedCH
    • vtoNpassivebe dismissed; be discarded; be thrust aside
    去  qù MC: khjoX OC: khaʔ 55 Attributions

    Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 任/RELY ON Rén 任 typically refers to reliance on someone inferior in the context of public administration.
    • Ant: 取/CHOOSE The general word for making a deliberate and in principle free choice is qǔ 取 "to choose or opt for (the preferred alternative), to prefer" (ant. 捨 "reject"), and what is thus chosen or preferred may be concrete or abstract.
    • Ant: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
    • Synon: 絕/DISCARD
    • Synon: 廢/DISCARD Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativerejection (of an alternative)CH
    • vt(oN)discard the contextually determinate thing
    • vtoNget rid of, discard; dispense with (often with abstract objects: disavow)
    • vtoNfigurativediscard from one's awareness> disregard, fail to take account of
    • vtoNpassivebe discarded, be done away with; be rejected
    • vtoNpsychdismiss (oneself), disregard (oneself)
    釋  shì OC: lʰaɡ MC: ɕiɛk 31 Attributions

    Shì 釋 (ant. liú 留 "keep in employment") and the rarer jiě 解 refer to rejecting the continued use of something.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 用/USE The current general word is yòng 用 (ant. fèi 廢 "give up the use of, not use")
    • Ant: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
    • Ant: 任/ACT
    • Oppos: 用/DEPLOY The current general word for deploying troops is chén 陳which connotes arrangement of things in ordered formations, and the more general yòng 用.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdispense with; divest oneself of, put aside, put away; reject and rid oneself of; dismiss and reject;  sometimes figurative: give up on (on a task)
    • vtoNpassiveget discarded
    捐  juān OC: ɢʷlen MC: jiɛn 12 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 絕/DISCARD
    • Assoc: 棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.
    • Assoc: 棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNdiscarded
    • vt(oN)discard the contextually determinate NCH
    • vtoN(justifiably) discard (things or persons); pour away (water); throw away
    • vtoNderiveddisregard as unimportantCH
    • vtoNpassivebe (justifiably) discarded
    委  wěi OC: qrolʔ MC: ʔiɛ 8 Attributions

    Wěi 委 and zhì 置 (ant.* zhí 執 "hold onto" or chí 持 "hold onto") refer to putting things aside. See DISREGARD

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)abandon; give up (a contextually determinate object)
    • vtoNrelegate to another place, send away; abandon, give up; disregard as unimportant
    投  tóu OC: doo MC: du 8 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Synon: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard, throw to the ground
    渝  yú OC: lo MC: ji̯o 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)depart and deviate from the contextually determinate N
    • vtoNrepudiate, go back on, deviate from[that word might fit better into another syn. group][CA]
    • vtoNpassivebe repudiated, be deviated from
    絕  jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 7 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 捐/DISCARD
    • Synon: 去/DISCARD Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.
    • Synon: 棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativediscontinue the use of what one has or what prevails
    遺  yí OC: k-lul MC: ji 6 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 拾/PICK UP Shí 拾 refers to the picking up of something that is lying where it does not really belong.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]v=passiveabandoned things, lost things, left thingsCH
    • vadNpassivediscarded, leftoverCH
    • vt+prep+Nfigurativegive up on; have no time for
    • vtoNset aside, leave aside, leave out
    • vtoNpassiveget set aside; get left out
    除  chú OC: rla MC: ɖi̯ɤ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard, reject; do away with
    • vtoNpassivebe discarded
    拋  pāo OC: phruu MC: phɣɛu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)discard, toss aside, abandon (with contextually determinate object)
    • vtoNdiscard, throw, cast, abandon (>ignore)
    • vtoNN=humandiscard > ignore somebody
    • vttoN1.+N2cast/discarde N1 to the place N2
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2discard something somewhere
    放  fàng OC: paŋs MC: pi̯ɐŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard; reject; dismiss; abandon
    棄去  qì qù OC: khils khaʔ MC: khi khi̯ɤ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)resultativeabandon a contextually determinate place/object N abruptly
    • VPtoNresultativeabandon abruptly
    卻  què OC: khaɡ MC: khi̯ɐk 3 Attributions

    Què 卻 (ant. shòu 受 "accept for employment") typically refers to a rejection or discarding of something as useless.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 除/REMOVE Chú 除 refers specifically to getting rid of something undesirable.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdismiss as useless
    捨棄  shě qì OC: lʰaʔ khils MC: ɕɣɛ khi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)figurativeabandon, absent oneself from (a situation etc)
    • VPtoNresultativediscard
    孤棄  gū qì OC: kʷaa khils MC: kuo̝ khi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)figurativedisappoint, fail to treat as one should
    • VPtoNabandon, fail to show proper consideration for
    捨離  shě lí OC: lʰaʔ b-rel MC: ɕɣɛ liɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativediscard so as to become separated from> get divorced from
    拋放  pāo fàng OC: phruu paŋs MC: phɣɛu pi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtt(oN1.)+N2omdiscard (something) somewhere; throw N1 (contextually determinate) into N2
    攘  ráng OC: njaŋ MC: ȵi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurative: reject
    方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNprobably loan for 放?
    替  tì OC: thiids MC: thei 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto discard. pre-Han: mostly in connection with people
    • vtoNpassivebe discarded (in favour of someone else)
    背棄  bèi qì OC: pɯɯɡs khils MC: puo̝i khi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nfigurativediscard
    除卻  chú què OC: rla khaɡ MC: ɖi̯ɤ khi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNfigurativecast aside
    • VPtoNfigurativebe discarded
    謝  xiè MC: zjaeH OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreject (for one's use)CH
    擲去  zhì qù MC: drjek khjoX OC: deɡ khaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNthrow something awayDS
    遐  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to be distant > remove; reject
    棄捐  qì juān OC: khils ɢʷlen MC: khi jiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe discarded
    棄捨  qì shě OC: khils lʰaʔ MC: khi ɕɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNdiscard
    錯  cuò OC: skhaaɡ MC: tshɑk 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNset aside
    殊釋  shū shì OC: djo lʰaɡ MC: dʑi̯o ɕiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNkeep away from and discard, keep clear of
    離卻  lí què OC: b-rel khaɡ MC: liɛ khi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativedistance oneself from completely; discard completely
    揥  dī MC: tej OC: k-lee 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)figurativereject; discardCH
    擲  zhì OC: ɡ-leɡ MC: ɖiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNthrow away
    翦棄  jiǎn qì OC: tsenʔ khils MC: tsiɛn khi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpluralcut off and abandon to their fate
    捐棄  juān qì OC: ɢʷlen khils MC: jiɛn khi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)discard the contextually determinate N
    解  jiě OC: kreeʔ MC: kɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrid oneself of, get away from (a truth)
    餘  yú OC: la MC: ji̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard as unimportant to one HNZ: 餘天下而不貪，委萬物而不利
    棄置  qì zhì OC: khils tɯɡs MC: khi ʈɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    擲著  zhì zhuó OC: deɡ k-laɡ MC: ɖiɛk ʈi̯ɐk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtt(oN1.)+N2N2=placethrow away into a place
    拋卻  pāo què OC: phruu khaɡ MC: phɣɛu khi̯ɐk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativedisregard, discard (> ignore)
    外  wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNactreject, discard (abuses, practices etc)
    • vtoNmedget discarded
    • vtoNpassivebe discarded, be rejected
    寘  zhì OC: tjels MC: tɕiɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard, reject
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreject (for one's use)CH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)figurativereject; discardCH
    捐捨  juān shě OC: ɢʷlen lʰaʔ MC: jiɛn ɕɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe rejected
    殞  yǔn OC: ɢunʔ MC: ɦin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdrop, lose, cast away
    置  zhì OC: tɯɡs MC: ʈɨ 0 Attributions
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