废人

廢人
fèirén
noun #16,184

Meanings

  1. 1 handicapped person
  2. 2 useless person; good-for-nothing

Examples

Tā zhěng tiān shénme dōu bù zuò, jiǎnzhí shì gè fèirén.
He does nothing all day; he's basically a good-for-nothing.
Shòushāng zhīhòu tā juéde zìjǐ chéng le fèirén.
After the injury, he felt he had become a useless person.

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废人 can be offensive when referring to someone with a disability. In modern usage it is more commonly used as self-deprecating internet slang (like calling oneself a 'waste of space') or in fiction.

Stroke Order

fèi
rén