HSK 6 · Verbs

作废 zuòfèi “to become invalid” in Chinese

Traditional 作廢

What 作废 means

  1. to become invalid
  2. to cancel
  3. to void
  4. to delete
  5. to nullify

How to say 作废

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale废fèi4th tone, falling

作废 in a sentence

  1. 这张票已经作废了。

    Zhè zhāng piào yǐjīng zuòfèi le.

    This ticket is no longer valid.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 写错的表格作废，请重新填一张。

    Xiěcuò de biǎogé zuòfèi, qǐng chóngxīn tián yì zhāng.

    Forms with mistakes are void; please fill in a new one.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 作废 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 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

The character 废 (fèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
废fèito abolish
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 发to issue · fāSound part

How to write 作废

作 7 strokes · 废 8 strokes

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

Words related to 作废

Words with 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

Words with 废

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

More words: Common Verbs

叫jiào · to be called看见kànjiàn · to see没有méiyǒu · not to have是shì · to be阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct遵循zūnxún · to follow

FAQs

作废 (zuòfèi) means “to become invalid” or “to cancel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zuòfèi: zuò with a 4th tone, then fèi with a 4th 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, 作废 is written 作廢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuofei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 作废 from the suggestions. Typing zuofei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
作废 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.