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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)

废铁
fèitiě
scrap iron
废话
fèihuà
nonsense
HSK 5
废钢
fèigāng
scrap metal
残废
cánfèi
deformity
作废
zuòfèi
to become invalid
HSK 6
偏废
piānfèi
to give unequal emphasis to
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>]]
旷废
kuàngfèi
to neglect (work)
报废
bàofèi
to scrap
废人
fèirén
handicapped person
废品
fèipǐn
production rejects
废墟
fèixū
ruins
HSK 6
废黜
fèichù
to depose (a king)
废除
fèichú
to abolish
HSK 6
颓废
tuífèi
decadent
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

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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