废 fèi to terminate
to terminate; to discard; to abolish; to abandon; abandoned; waste
How to remember 废: 广 broad + 发 send out = to terminate. The café owner in the broad bus shelter gets a letter sent out by the city, which has decided to terminate his contract.
Component breakdown
废 = 广 broad + 发 send out
- 广 broad
- 发 send out
- 𠃋 elbow
- 丿 falling stroke
- 又 again
- 丶 a drop
The café owner in the broad bus shelter gets a letter sent out by the city, which has decided to terminate his contract.
How it is used
- To abolish/discard; waste: 废除 (fèichú) abolish (a law), 废弃 (fèiqì) to abandon, 作废 (zuòfèi) become void, 废物 (fèiwù) junk / (insult) a useless person.
- 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi) = to give up halfway; 废寝忘食 = to skip sleep and food.
- 废话 (fèihuà) = nonsense / stating the obvious.
Words with 废
- 作废zuòfèito become invalidHSK 8
- 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)HSK 8
- 废品fèipǐnproduction rejectsHSK 8
- 废墟fèixūruinsHSK 8
- 废寝忘食fèiqǐn-wàngshíto skip one's sleep and mealsHSK 8
- 废弃fèiqìto discardHSK 8
- 废物fèiwùrubbishHSK 8
- 废话fèihuànonsenseHSK 8
- 废除fèichúto abolishHSK 8
- 报废bàofèito scrapHSK 8
- 颓废tuífèidecadentHSK 9