废 meaning in English

fèi

to abolish; to abandon

HSK 7-9adjectiveverbTraditional 廢8 strokes

Meaning of 废

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fèi

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Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

废fèi话huà少shǎo说shuō，说shuō重zhòng点diǎn。

Stop saying trifles! Focus on the main point.

请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yī张zhāng废fèi纸zhǐ。

Please get me a scrap of paper.

我wǒ们men应yīng该gāi废fèi除chú死sǐ刑xíng。

We should abolish the death penalty.

死sǐ刑xíng在zài美měi国guó的de很hěn多duō州zhōu都dōu被bèi废fèi除chú了le。

The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.

这zhè是shì什shén么me废fèi话huà？

What is this nonsense?

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Words that share a character with 废.

作废	zuòfèi	to become invalid; to cancel
废话	fèihuà	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废物	fèiwù	rubbish; waste material; useless person
废墟	fèixū	ruins
废除	fèichú	to abolish; to abrogate
半途而废	bàntú'érfèi	to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
颓废	tuífèi	decadent; dispirited
报废	bàofèi	to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
废品	fèipǐn	production rejects; seconds
废寝忘食	fèiqǐn-wàngshí	(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
废弃	fèiqì	to discard; to abandon (old ways)
残废	cánfèi	deformity; handicapped

What does 废 mean?

废 (fèi) means "to abolish; to abandon" and is used as a adjective and verb.

How do you write 废?

废 is made of 1 character: 废 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 废 an HSK word?

Yes. 废 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 废 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 废 is written 廢.