廢〔废〕 fai³ {fèi}

(slang) 1. useless; 2. disabled

廢〔废〕 fai³ {fèi}

1. to abolish
2. to abandon
3. to abrogate
4. to discard
5. to depose
6. to oust
7. crippled
8. abandoned
9. waste

廢事〔废-〕 fai³ si⁶ {fèi shì}

noun; waste of time; can't be bothered

廢品〔废-〕 fai³ ban² {fèi pǐn}

1. production rejects
2. seconds
3. scrap
4. discarded material

廢柴〔废-〕 fai³ caai⁴ {fèi chái}

1. (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
2. loser

廢除〔废-〕 fai³ ceoi⁴ {fèi chú}

1. to abolish
2. to abrogate
3. to repeal

廢弛〔废-〕 fai³ ci⁴ {fèi chí}

1. to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc)
2. to neglect

廢掉〔废-〕 fai³ diu⁶ {fèi diào}

to depose (a king)

廢舊〔废旧〕 fai³ gau⁶ {fèi jiù}

1. worn out
2. old fashioned and dilapidated

廢鋼〔废钢〕 fai³ gong³ {fèi gāng}

1. scrap metal
2. steel scrap

廢棄〔废弃〕 fai³ hei³ {fèi qì}

1. to discard
2. to abandon (old ways)
3. to invalidate

廢氣〔废气〕 fai³ hei³ {fèi qì}

1. exhaust gas
2. industrial waste gas
3. steam

廢墟〔废-〕 fai³ heoi¹ {fèi xū}

ruins

廢人〔废-〕 fai³ jan⁴ {fèi rén}

1. handicapped person
2. useless person

廢液〔废-〕 fai³ jik⁶ {fèi yè}

waste liquids

廢然〔废-〕 fai³ jin⁴ {fèi rán}

1. depressed
2. dejected

廢料〔废-〕 fai³ liu² {fèi liào}

1. waste products
2. refuse
3. garbage
4. good-for-nothing (derog.)

廢物〔废-〕 fai³ mat⁶ {fèi wù}

1. rubbish
2. waste material
3. useless person

廢水〔废-〕 fai³ seoi² {fèi shuǐ}

1. waste water
2. drain water
3. effluent

廢時〔废时〕 fai³ si⁴ {fèi shí}

to waste time

廢鐵〔废铁〕 fai³ tit³ {fèi tiě}

scrap iron

廢統〔废统〕 fai³ tung² {fèi tǒng}

"abandonment of reunification", abolition of the cross-straits reunification committee

廢話〔废话〕 fai³ waa² {fèi huà}

1. nonsense
2. rubbish
3. superfluous words
4. You don't say!
5. No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

廢渣〔废-〕 fai³ zaa¹ {fèi zhā}

1. industrial waste product
2. slag

廢止〔废-〕 fai³ zi² {fèi zhǐ}

1. to repeal (a law)
2. to put an end to
3. abolition
4. annulled

廢紙〔废纸〕 fai³ zi² {fèi zhǐ}

waste paper

廢置〔废-〕 fai³ zi³ {fèi zhì}

1. to discard
2. to shelve as useless

廢黜〔废-〕 fai³ zyut⁶ {fèi chù}

to depose (a king)

廢棄物〔废弃-〕 fai³ hei³ mat⁶ {fèi qì wù}

Litter

廢寢食〔废寝-〕 fai³ cam² sik⁶ {fèi qǐn shí}

to neglect sleep and food

廢物箱〔废--〕 fai³ mat⁶ soeng¹ {fèi wù xiāng}

1. ash-bin
2. litter-bin

廢話少講〔废话-讲〕 fai³ waa² siu² gong² {fèi huà shǎo jiǎng}

Cut the crap

廢寢忘餐〔废寝--〕 fai³ cam² mong⁴ caan¹ {fèi qǐn wàng cān}

1. to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals
2. to be completely wrapped up in one's work

廢寢忘食〔废寝--〕 fai³ cam² mong⁴ sik⁶ {fèi qǐn wàng shí}

1. to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
2. to skip one's sleep and meals
3. to be completely wrapped up in one's work

廢除軍備〔废-军备〕 fai³ ceoi⁴ gwan¹ bei⁶ {fèi chú jūn bèi}

to disarm

廢藩置縣〔废--县〕 fai³ faan⁴ zi³ jyun⁶ {fèi fān zhì xiàn}

to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)

廢銅爛鐵〔废铜烂铁〕 fai³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³ {fèi tóng làn tiě}

1. scrap metal
2. a pile of junk

廢話連篇〔废话连-〕 fai³ waa² lin⁴ pin¹ {fèi huà lián piān}

1. a bunch of nonsense
2. verbose and rambling