废墟

廢墟

fèixū

noun HSK 7-9 #8,245

Measure Word

一片废墟 piàn

Meanings

1 ruins
2 rubble
3 debris

Characters

Examples

地震后，城市变成了一片废墟。

Dìzhèn hòu, chéngshì biànchéng le yípiàn fèixū.

After the earthquake, the city was reduced to ruins.

考古学家在废墟中发现了文物。

Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài fèixū zhōng fāxiàn le wénwù.

Archaeologists discovered cultural relics in the ruins.

Tips

mistakes

废墟 is also commonly written as 废墟. Both 墟 and 墟 are accepted, but the standard form uses 墟.

Stroke Order

废 fèi

墟 xū