| 废 | fèi | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste |
| 废除 | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal |
| 废品 | fèi pǐn | production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material |
| 废物 | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 报废 | bào fèi | report as worthless; discard as worthless; reject; scrap |
| 残废 | cán fèi | deformity; handicapped |
| 废止 | fèi zhǐ | to repeal (a law); to put an end to; abolition; annulled |
| 废料 | fèi liào | waste products; refuse; garbage; good-for-nothing (derogatory) |
| 废弃 | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 颓废 | tuí fèi | decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected |
| 废墟 | fèi xū | ruins |
| 废渣 | fèi zhā | industrial waste product; slag |
| 荒废 | huāng fèi | to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) |
| 废纸 | fèi zhǐ | waste paper |
| 作废 | zuò fèi | to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify |
| 三废 | sān fèi | three types of waste product, namely: waste water 废水, exhaust gas 废气, industrial slag 废渣 |
| 废液 | fèi yè | waste liquids |
| 半途而废 | bàn tú ér fèi | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished |
| 废寝忘食 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 废气 | fèi qì | exhaust gas; industrial waste gas; steam |
| 不以人废言 | bù yǐ rén fèi yán | not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers |
| 以人废言 | yǐ rén fèi yán | to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case |
| 低放射性废物 | dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù | low level waste |
| 偏废 | piān fèi | to give unequal emphasis to; doing some things at the expense of others |
| 因噎废食 | yīn yē fèi shí | lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk |
| 废人 | fèi rén | handicapped person; useless person |
| 废寝忘餐 | fèi qǐn wàng cān | to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 废寝食 | fèi qǐn shí | to neglect sleep and food |
| 废弛 | fèi chí | to fall into disuse (of laws, customs etc); to neglect |
| 废掉 | fèi diào | to depose (a king) |
| 废水 | fèi shuǐ | waste water; drain water; effluent |
| 废然 | fèi rán | depressed; dejected |
| 废物箱 | fèi wù xiāng | ash-bin; litter-bin |
| 废统 | fèi tǒng | "abandonment of reunification", abolition of the cross-straits reunification committee |
| 废置 | fèi zhì | to discard; to shelve as useless |
| 废旧 | fèi jiù | worn out; old fashioned and dilapidated |
| 废藩置县 | fèi fān zhì xiàn | abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan) |
| 废铜烂铁 | fèi tóng làn tiě | scrap metal; a pile of junk |
| 废钢 | fèi gāng | scrap metal; steel scrap |
| 废铁 | fèi tiě | scrap iron |
| 废除军备 | fèi chú jūn bèi | disarm |
| 废黜 | fèi chù | to depose (a king) |
| 收废站 | shōu fèi zhàn | garbage collection point; trash dump |
| 放射性废物 | fàng shè xìng fèi wù | radioactive waste |
| 旷废 | kuàng fèi | to neglect (work); to waste (one's talents) |
| 核废物 | hé fèi wù | nuclear waste |
| 温室废气储存 | wēn shì fèi qì chǔ cún | greenhouse gas sequestration |
| 百事俱废 | bǎi shì jù fèi | to go to pot (idiom) |
| 百废俱兴 | bǎi fèi jù xīng | all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom); work is now underway |
