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废物

廢物
fèiwù / fèiwu
noun HSK 7-9 #3,064

Meanings

  1. 1 waste
  2. 2 refuse
  3. 3 discarded material

Characters

废
fèi
discarded; no longer usable
物
wù
thing; object
A thing that has been thrown out: an object that has lost the use it was made for.

Examples

HSK 5
废物利用可以节省资源。
Fèiwù lìyòng kěyǐ jiéshěng zīyuán.
Putting waste to use saves resources.
HSK 5
这些废物要分类回收。
Zhèxiē fèiwù yào fēnlèi huíshōu.
These waste materials have to be sorted and recycled.
HSK 6
工厂排放了大量工业废物。
Gōngchǎng páifàng le dàliàng gōngyè fèiwù.
The factory discharged a large amount of industrial waste.

Tips

usage
废物 names concrete material that has lost its use: factory output, scrap metal, packaging headed for recycling. Household rubbish is 垃圾, and rejected or substandard goods are 废品.
mistakes
Two different words are written 废物. This one, with a full fourth tone on the second syllable, is the material sense. With a neutral second syllable, 废物 is an insult for a useless person, so the tone decides whether you are talking about scrap or about somebody.

Stroke Order

废 fèi
物 wù