废 fèi to terminate
to terminate; to discard; to abolish; to abandon; abandoned; waste
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
废 = 广 broad + 发 send out
- 广 broad meaning
- 发 send out sound
- 𠃋 elbow
- 丿 falling stroke
- 又 again
- 丶 dot
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 came to be
The house gives the meaning and the part inside it gives the sound.
用法
- 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.
含“废”的词语
- 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