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字HANZI DESK

废话

Traditional: 廢話

fèi huà

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

fèi huà · fai3 waa2 (Jyutping)

  1. nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words
  2. You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

废

Meaning
abrogate, terminate, discard
Radical
广
Strokes
8
Components
⿸广发
Cangjie
IIVE
Four-corner
0024

话

Meaning
speech, talk, language; dialect
Radical
讠
Strokes
8
Components
⿰讠舌
Cangjie
IVHJR
Four-corner
3276

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