作废

作廢
zuòfèi
verb HSK 6 #17,466

Meanings

  1. 1 to become invalid
  2. 2 to cancel
  3. 3 to annul

Examples

Zhè zhāng piào yǐjīng zuòfèi le.
This ticket has already been invalidated.
Guòqī de hétong zìdòng zuòfèi.
Expired contracts are automatically annulled.
Tā juédìng bǎ nà fèn wénjiàn zuòfèi.
He decided to cancel that document.

Tips

usage
Often used for tickets, documents, contracts, and official papers that lose their validity.
usage
作废 emphasizes something becoming void/invalid, while 取消 (qǔxiāo) is a more general 'cancel'.

Stroke Order

zuò
fèi