作
废

To become invalid in Chinese: 作废 (zuò fèi)

zuò fèi

to become invalid

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 作廢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to become invalid
  2. 2to cancel
  3. 3to delete
  4. 4to nullify

Stroke order

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作
废

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

作废

Simplified

作廢

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这张票已经作废了。

    zhè zhāng piào yǐ jīng zuò fèi le。

    This ticket has already become invalid.

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Related words

作

zuò

to do

废

fèi

to abolish

工作

gōng zuò

to work

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

动作

dòng zuò

movement

作者

zuò zhě

author

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

合作

hé zuò

to cooperate

制作

zhì zuò

to make

作品

zuò pǐn

work (of art)

作为

zuò wéi

one's conduct

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