Chinese symbol for “abolition”
废止
fèi zhǐ
Traditional: 廢止
to repeal (a law); to put an end to; abolition; annulled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abolition is 废止 (fèi zhǐ), defined as: to repeal (a law); to put an end to; abolition; annulled.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 废止.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 废物 (廢物) | fèi wù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 废话 (廢話) | fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 废墟 (廢墟) | fèi xū | ruins |
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abolition”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.