废
墟

Ruins in Chinese: 废墟 (fèi xū)

fèi xū

ruins

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

Definitions

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Stroke order

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废
墟

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄩ

xū

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

废墟

Simplified

廢墟

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 地震后，城市变成了一片废墟。

    dì zhèn hòu， chéng shì biàn chéng le yí piàn fèi xū。

    After the earthquake, the city was reduced to ruins.

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Related words

废

fèi

to abolish

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

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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