廢物

See also: 废物 and 廃物

Chinese

		abolish; crippled	thing; object; matter
trad. (廢物)		廢	物
simp. (废物)		废	物

Etymology

From abbreviation of 廢棄物／废弃物.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-vu̍t
• Jin (Wiktionary): fei³ veh⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-bu̍t / hùi-bu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèiwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèiwù
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: fèi-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feywuh
    • Palladius: фэйу (fɛju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ mat⁶
    • Yale: fai maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-vu̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi vud
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ vud⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ vut̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fei³ veh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fei⁴⁵ vəʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: huè-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'but
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: huì-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'but
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/

Noun

廢物

1. waste; garbage; rubbish

   體內廢物／体内废物  ―  tǐnèi fèiwù  ―  waste in the body

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 垃圾 (“rubbish; garbage”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		垃圾, 廢物, 廢品, 破爛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	垃圾, 髒土
	Taiwan	垃圾
	Harbin	髒土, 擱扔
	Malaysia	垃圾
	Singapore	垃圾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	髒器, 垃圾
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	惡圾, 髒發
	Xining	惡索
	Qimen (Anling Junhua)	落索
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	惡瑣
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	ңәсуй
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	落索, 惡索 Hui
	Ürümqi	垃圾
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	渣滓, 渣渣
	Wuhan	渣滓, 垃圾
	Guiyang	渣渣
	Guilin	垃圾
	Pingle	垃圾, 糞草
	Liuzhou	垃圾
	Tianlin (Langping)	垃圾
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	糞草, 垃圾
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	糞草
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	垃圾
	Yangzhou	灰, 垃圾
	Hefei	髒, 糞草
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	糞草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	垃圾
	Hong Kong	垃圾
	Macau	垃圾
	Taishan	垃圾
	Dongguan	垃圾
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	垃圾
	Yangjiang	垃圾
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	垃圾
	Hepu (Shatian)	垃圾
	Baise	垃圾
	Beihai	垃圾
	Beihai (Nankang)	垃圾
	Beihai (Yingpan)	垃圾
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	垃圾
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	垃圾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	垃圾
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	垃圾
	Singapore (Guangfu)	垃圾
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	垃圾
	Móng Cái	垃圾
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	垃圾
Gan	Nanchang	罯屑
	Pengze	邋遢
Hakka	Meixian	垃圾
	Xingning	刷
	Huidong (Daling)	垃圾
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	垃圾
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	垃圾
	Wuping	垃圾
	Wuping (Pingyu)	垃圾, 地腳
	Liancheng	垃圾
	Ninghua	垃圾
	Ruijin	垃圾
	Shicheng	垃圾
	Shangyou (Shexi)	齷齪子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	垃圾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	地圾
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	垃圾
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	地圾
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	垃圾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	垃圾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	垃圾
	Bobai (Shahe)	垃圾
	Bobai (Longtan)	垃圾
	Bobai (Lingping)	垃圾
	Kuching (Hepo)	垃圾
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	垃圾
Huizhou	Jixi	垃圾
	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	垃圾
Jin	Taiyuan	惡圾, 灰渣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	垃圾
	Pucheng (Shibei)	垃圾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	糞掃
	Fuqing	糞掃
Southern Min	Xiamen	糞掃, 霎洗
	Quanzhou	糞掃, 霎洗, 垃圾
	Zhangzhou	糞掃, 垃圾
	Zhao'an	垃圾
	Dongshan	糞掃
	Taipei	垃圾仔, 垃儳仔, 糞掃
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	糞掃
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	糞掃
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	糞掃
	Kaohsiung	糞掃, 垃圾仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	糞掃
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	糞掃
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	糞掃
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	垃圾仔
	Yilan	垃圾仔, 糞掃
	Yilan (Toucheng)	糞掃
	Changhua (Lukang)	垃圾仔, 糞掃
	Taichung	糞掃
	Tainan	垃圾仔, 糞掃
	Tainan (Anping)	糞掃
	Hsinchu	糞掃
	Kinmen	糞掃, 垃圾
	Penghu (Magong)	糞掃
	Penghu (Xiyu)	糞掃
	Penang (Hokkien)	垃圾, 儳飽
	Singapore (Hokkien)	垃圾, 糞掃
	Manila (Hokkien)	糞掃, 垃圾
	Chaozhou	杜糞, 垃圾
	Shantou	垃圾
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	垃圾
	Jieyang	杜糞, 垃圾
	Bangkok (Teochew)	垃圾
Puxian Min	Xianyou	垃圾, 糞事
	Fuding (Aoyao)	圾屑
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	垃圾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	垃圾
Wu	Shanghai	垃圾
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	𤎤𡮦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	垃圾
	Suzhou	垃圾
	Danyang	垃圾
	Hangzhou	垃圾
	Ningbo	垃圾, 臘塞
	Wenzhou	糞掃, 垃圾
Xiang	Changsha	屑子
	Xiangxiang	屑子
	Shuangfeng	屑子

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèiwu, fèiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ˙ㄨ, ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ mat⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): fei³ veh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, mainland China)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèiwu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ˙ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèiwů
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-wu⁵
    • Yale: fèi-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey.u
    • Palladius: фэйу (fɛju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ u¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèiwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèiwù
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: fèi-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feywuh
    • Palladius: фэйу (fɛju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ mat⁶
    • Yale: fai maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ mɐt̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fei³ veh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fei⁴⁵ vəʔ²/

Noun

廢物

1. (derogatory) incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing

Synonyms

• 吃貨／吃货 (chīhuò)
• 廢品／废品 (fèipǐn)
• 沒有用的人／没有用的人 (méiyǒu yòng de rén)
• 混混兒／混混儿 (dialectal)
• 窩囊廢／窝囊废 (wōnangfèi)
• 衣架飯囊／衣架饭囊
• 阿斗 (ādǒu)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢物
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窩囊廢, 廢物點心
	Harbin	窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子
	Singapore	飯桶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包
	Wanrong	膿包, 㞞包, 草包
	Xi'an	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶
	Xining	飯桶
	Xuzhou	儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶
	Ürümqi	窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	膿包, 飯桶
	Wuhan	飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子
	Guiyang	飯桶, 草包
	Liuzhou	膿包, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶
	Yangzhou	廢料, 飯桶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大泡和, 廢物
	Hong Kong	廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J
	Dongguan	廢忽丁
Gan	Pingxiang	膿包, 飯桶
Hakka	Meixian	蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous
	Yudu	膿包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯桶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯桶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯桶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯桶
Huizhou	Jixi	飯桶
Jin	Taiyuan	苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包
	Xinzhou	㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飯桶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飯桶, 廢人, 草包
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包
	Quanzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包
	Zhangzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包
	Tainan	飯桶, 落屎馬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯桶
	Shantou	無頂用
	Leizhou	飯桶
	Haikou	飯桶, 草包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯桶, 草包
Wu	Shanghai	飯桶, 草包
	Shanghai (Chongming)	飯桶
	Suzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Danyang	膿包, 飯桶, 草包
	Hangzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Ningbo	飯桶, 草包
	Wenzhou	飯桶
	Jinhua	拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶
Xiang	Changsha	尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包
	Loudi	飯桶