废墟 meaning in English

fèixū

ruins

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 廢墟22 strokes

Meaning of 废墟

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fèixū

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这zhè座zuò城chéng市shì成chéng为wéi了le一yī片piàn废fèi墟xū。

The city fell into ruins.

城chéng堡bǎo如rú今jīn已yǐ经jīng成chéng了le废fèi墟xū。

The castle is now in ruins.

一yī连lián串chuàn的de爆bào炸zhà使shǐ实shí验yàn室shì成chéng为wéi废fèi墟xū。

A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.

暴bào风fēng雨yǔ过guò后hòu，他tā们men的de房fáng子zi成chéng了le废fèi墟xū。

After the hurricane, their house was a wreck.

这zhè些xiē废fèi墟xū年nián代dài久jiǔ远yuǎn。

These ruins are ancient.

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Words that share a character with 废墟.

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
窝囊废	wōnangfèi	(coll.) spineless coward; wimp

What does 废墟 mean?

废墟 (fèixū) means "ruins" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 废墟?

废墟 is made of 2 characters: 废 (8 strokes), 墟 (14 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 废墟 an HSK word?

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

How is 废墟 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 废墟 is written 廢墟.