Chinese word dictionary

废弃

fèiqì · to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate

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Word information

Simplified废弃

Traditional廢棄

Pinyinfèiqì

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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废fèi

to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

弃qì

to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget

How to learn 废弃

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Words with the same characters

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放弃fàngqì

to renounce; to abandon; to give up

半途而废bàntú’érfèi

to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

报废bàofèi

to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)

丢弃diūqì

to discard; to abandon

废fèi

to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste; variant of 廢|废[fei4]; disabled

废除fèichú

to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal