废 (fèi) means Waste (abandon - disabled). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他主张 废 除死刑。
Tā zhǔzhāng fèichú sǐxíng.
He advocates abolishing the death penalty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废除
这张卡已经作 废 了。
Zhè zhāng kǎ yǐjīng zuòfèi le.
This card is no longer valid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作废
别说 废 话，快开始吧。
Bié shuō fèihuà, kuài kāishǐ ba.
Stop the nonsense and get started.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 废话
他的文章里 废 话太多。
Tā de wénzhāng lǐ fèihuà tài duō.
There is too much padding in his article.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 废话
过期的票据一律作 废 。
Guòqī de piàojù yílǜ zuòfèi.
Expired tickets are all void.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作废
他备考期间几乎 废 寝忘食。
Tā bèikǎo qījiān jīhū fèiqǐnwàngshí.
While preparing for the exam he barely slept or ate.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食
为了完成研究，他 废 寝忘食。
Wèile wánchéng yánjiū, tā fèiqǐnwàngshí.
He forgot sleep and food in order to finish his research.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废寝忘食
他们在 废 墟中救出了三个人。
Tāmen zài fèixū zhōng jiù chū le sān ge rén.
They rescued three people from the rubble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废墟
学外语最忌讳的就是半途而 废 。
Xué wàiyǔ zuì jìhuì de jiù shì bàn tú ér fèi.
The worst thing in learning a foreign language is giving up halfway.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 半途而废
这项不合理的规定已经 废 除了。
Zhè xiàng bù hélǐ de guīdìng yǐjīng fèichú le.
This unreasonable rule has already been abolished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废除
地震过后，这里只剩下一片 废 墟。
Dìzhèn guòhòu, zhèlǐ zhǐ shèng xià yí piàn fèixū.
After the earthquake only ruins were left here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 废墟
既然已经开始了，就不要半途而 废 。
Jìrán yǐjīng kāishǐ le, jiù bú yào bàn tú ér fèi.
Since you have already started, don't abandon it halfway.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 半途而废
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Words that contain 废
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Questions about 废
How is 废 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 废 (fèi, "Waste (abandon - disabled)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 废 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 废 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 废?
The dictionary page for 废 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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