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Chinese symbol for “effluent”

废水
fèi shuǐ
Traditional: 廢水
waste water; drain water; effluent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for effluent is 废水 (fèi shuǐ), defined as: waste water; drain water; effluent.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

废 fèi
to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 废水.

WordPinyinMeaning
废除 (廢除)fèi chúto abolish; to abrogate
废物 (廢物)fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
废弃 (廢棄)fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
废止 (廢止)fèi zhǐto repeal (a law); to put an end to
废话 (廢話)fèi huànonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
废墟 (廢墟)fèi xūruins
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit

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.

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