废

To abolish in Chinese: 废 (fèi)

fèi

to abolish

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 廢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to abolish
  2. 2to abandon
  3. 3to abrogate
  4. 4to discard
  5. 5to depose
  6. 6to oust
  7. 7crippled
  8. 8abandoned
  9. 9waste

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废

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ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

废

Simplified

廢

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个老计划已经废了。

    zhè ge lǎo jì huà yǐ jīng fèi le。

    This old plan has already been scrapped.

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Related words

废话

fèi huà

nonsense

作废

zuò fèi

to become invalid

报废

bào fèi

to scrap

废除

fèi chú

to abolish

废品

fèi pǐn

production rejects

废物

fèi wù

rubbish

废墟

fèi xū

ruins

颓废

tuí fèi

decadent

半途而废

bàn tú ér fèi

to give up halfway (idiom)

废寝忘食

fèi qǐn wàng shí

to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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