废除 meaning in English

fèichú

to abolish; to abrogate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 廢除17 strokes

Meaning of 废除

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fèichú
  1. to abolish
  2. to abrogate
  3. to repeal

废除 in example sentences

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

许xǔ多duō国guó家jiā已yǐ经jīng废fèi除chú了le死sǐ刑xíng。
Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
那nà些xiē旧jiù法fǎ都dōu被bèi废fèi除chú了le。
Those old laws were all done away with.
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.
美měi国guó废fèi除chú了le奴nú隶lì制zhì度dù。
America did away with slavery.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

废 fèi · to abolish · 8 strokes

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除 chú · to get rid of · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 废除.

除了chúleapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1
除非chúfēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
解除jiěchúto remove; to sack
消除xiāochúto eliminate; to remove
排除páichúto eliminate; to remove
拆除chāichúto tear down; to demolish
除夕chúxīlunar New Year's Eve
作废zuòfèito become invalid; to cancel
废话fèihuànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
开除kāichúto expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
废物fèiwùrubbish; waste material; useless person
清除qīngchúto clear away; to eliminate

Questions about 废除

What does 废除 mean?

废除 (fèichú) means "to abolish; to abrogate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 废除?

废除 is made of 2 characters: 废 (8 strokes), 除 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 废除 an HSK word?

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

How is 废除 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 废除 is written 廢除.