Meaning
abolish; crippled
Chinese: 废弃、无用，也指残废。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fei” becomes a different word in each tone. 废 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 废话fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!
- 废墟fèi xūruins
- 废除fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
- 作废zuò fèito become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify
- 半途而废bàn tú ér fèito give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
Example Sentence
我们要把废纸放进回收箱里。Wǒ men yào bǎ fèi zhǐ fàng jìn huí shōu xiāng lǐ.We should put waste paper into the recycling bin.
我们Wǒ menwe要yàoto want把bǎ(marks the object)废纸fèi zhǐwaste paper放进fàng jìnto put into回收huí shōuto recycle箱xiāngbox里lǐinside。