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废
廢
fèi
1. to abolish
2. to abandon
3. to abrogate
4. to discard
5. to depose
6. to oust
7. crippled
8. abandoned
9. waste
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

废
fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

三废
sānfèi
three types of waste product, namely: waste water [[廢水|废水<fèishuǐ>]], exhaust gas [[廢氣|废气<fèiqì>]], industrial slag [[廢渣|废渣<fèizhā>]]
作废
zuòfèi
to become invalid
HSK 6
偏废
piānfèi
to give unequal emphasis to
报废
bàofèi
to scrap
废人
fèirén
handicapped person
废品
fèipǐn
production rejects
废墟
fèixū
ruins
HSK 6
废弛
fèichí
to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc)
废掉
fèidiào
to depose (a king)
废料
fèiliào
waste products
废时
fèishí
to waste time
废柴
fèichái
(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
废弃
fèiqì
to discard
废止
fèizhǐ
to repeal (a law)
废气
fèiqì
exhaust gas
废水
fèishuǐ
waste water
废液
fèiyè
waste liquids
废渣
fèizhā
industrial waste product
废然
fèirán
depressed
废物
fèiwù
rubbish

Alternate Entries

废
fèi
variant of [[廢|废<fèi>]] / disabled

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,375
Word Frequency Rank
2,133 of 84,292

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