Chinese symbol for “rubbish”
废物
fèi wù
Traditional: 廢物
rubbish; waste material; useless person
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rubbish is 废物 (fèi wù), defined as: rubbish; waste material; useless person.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rubbish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 废话 (廢話) | fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 破烂 (破爛) | pò làn | worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk |
| 残渣 (殘渣) | cán zhā | remainder; filtered out residue |
| 糟粕 | zāo pò | dross; dregs |
| 糟糠 | zāo kāng | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 废物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 废弃 (廢棄) | fèi qì | to discard; to abandon (old ways) |
| 废止 (廢止) | fèi zhǐ | to repeal (a law); to put an end to |
| 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 |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rubbish”.
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.