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fèi

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fèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fèi | fei4
English translation
to abolish
to abandon
to abrogate
to discard
to depose
to oust
crippled
abandoned
waste
variant of fèi
> fèi [fèi]
disabled
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

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About fèi

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

fèi

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Etymology of fèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广发

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of fèi . Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fèi

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fèi suān bèi sòng tuō xiāo .

The spent acid is passed on to be denitrated.

fèi xiè 放在盒子 hézi .

Put the sweeps in the box.

我们 wǒmen 已经 yǐjīng yǐn gòu le 废话 fèihuà .

We have had enough of phrases.

zhè zhǐ chuán 废弃 fèi qì jiǔ .

The ship is derelict long.

yǒu 男人 nán rén 定时 dìng shí lái shōu 废品 fèi pǐn .

A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.

Words with fèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
废话 fèihuà nonsense廢話
fèi to abolish fèi
废物 fèi wù rubbish廢物
废弃 fèi qì to discard廢棄
废墟 fèixū ruins廢墟
废除 fèichú to abolish廢除
作废 zuòfèi to cancel作廢
废品 fèi pǐn seconds廢品
报废 bào fèi to scrap報廢
废水 fèi shuǐ waste water廢水
颓废 tuí fèi decadent頹廢
残废 cán fèi deformity殘廢
废旧 fèi jiù worn out廢舊
废纸 fèi zhǐ waste paper廢紙
荒废 huāng fèi wasted荒廢
废气 fèi qì exhaust gas廢氣
废料 fèi liào refuse廢料
半途而废 bàntúérfèi to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished半途而廢
废止 fèi zhǐ to repeal (a law)廢止
窝囊废 wō nang fèi wimp窩囊廢
废铁 fèi tiě scrap iron廢鐵
废人 fèi rén handicapped person廢人
废掉 fèi diào to depose (a king)廢掉
废渣 fèi zhā slag廢渣
废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí to skip one's sleep and meals廢寢忘食

fèi Decomposition & Compounds

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fèi Decomposition

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