廢
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fèi · to terminate

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15Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 廢

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Example sentences

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Fèi zhǐ huí shōu shì shí fēn zhòng yào de.廢紙回收是十分重要的。

Recycling paper is very important.

Source: Tatoeba #843879 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bié shuō fèi huà le, nǐ zhī dào nà shì bù kě néng de.別說廢話了,你知道那是不可能的。

Don't talk nonsense, you know that's impossible.

Source: Tatoeba #10287439 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà xiē jiù fǎ dōu bèi fèi chú le.那些舊法都被廢除了。

Those old laws were all done away with.

Source: Tatoeba #346888 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bié tīng tā de , tā zài shuō fèi huà.別聽他的, 他在說廢話。

Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.

Source: Tatoeba #772030 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú yào bàn tú ér fèi.不要半途而廢。

Once you have begun to do something, never give up.

Source: Tatoeba #1329330 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā lián yí jù zhòng huà dōu bù gǎn huí, zhēn shì gè wō náng fèi.他連一句重話都不敢回,真是個窩囊廢。

He doesn't even dare to reply to a harsh word. He's such a coward.

Source: Tatoeba #13533865 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 廢 in context

  1. Say fèi, then recall the core meaning: to terminate.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 廢 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.