Chinese word dictionary

颓废

tuífèi · decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected

Practice word

Word information

Simplified颓废

Traditional頹廢

Pinyintuífèi

Part of speech形

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

颓tuí

ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent

废fèi

to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

How to learn 颓废

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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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)

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

废话fèihuà

nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

废品fèipǐn

production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material