颓
废

Decadent in Chinese: 颓废 (tuí fèi)

tuí fèi

decadent

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

Definitions

  1. 1decadent
  2. 2dispirited
  3. 3depressed
  4. 4dejected

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颓
废

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄟˊ

tuí

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

颓废

Simplified

頹廢

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 失恋后他变得很颓废。

    shī liàn hòu tā biàn de hěn tuí fèi。

    After the breakup he became very dispirited.

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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

废墟

fèi xū

ruins

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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