HSK 6 · Society

废除 fèichú “to abolish” in Chinese

Traditional 廢除

What 废除 means

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

How to say 废除

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale废fèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale除chú2nd tone, rising

废除 in a sentence

  1. 那些旧法都被废除了。

    Nàxiē jiù fǎ dōu bèi fèichú le.

    Those old laws have all been abolished.

    Sentence #346888 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 美国废除了奴隶制度。

    Měiguó fèichú le núlì zhìdù.

    The United States abolished slavery.

    Sentence #736317 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 废除 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 废 (fèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
废fèito abolish
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 发to issue · fāSound part
The character 除 (chú) with each of its parts in a different colour
除chúto get rid of
  • 阝place
  • 余surplus · yú

How to write 废除

废 8 strokes · 除 9 strokes

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废除 (fèichú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 废除 (fèichú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 废除

Words with 废

废话fèihuà · nonsense废墟fèixū · ruins作废zuòfèi · to become invalid废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway

Words with 除

除了chúle · besides除夕Chúxī · lunar New Year’s Eve删除shānchú · to delete除非chúfēi · only if (…除chú · except解除jiěchú · to remove排除páichú · to rule out清除qīngchú · to clear away消除xiāochú · to eliminate开除kāichú · to expel

More words: Society & Law

防御fángyù · defence方针fāngzhēn · policy法人fǎrén · legal entity诽谤fěibàng · to slander非法fēifǎ · illegal封建fēngjiàn · feudal风气fēngqì · social atmosphere封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade

FAQs

废除 (fèichú) means “to abolish” or “to repeal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fèichú: fèi with a 4th tone, then chú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 废除 is written 廢除. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feichu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 废除 from the suggestions. Typing feichu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
废除 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.