Chinese word

废品

Pronunciation

Pinyinfèi pǐn

Meaning

  • nounjunk

Example

请把废品放在门口，明天来取。qǐng bǎ fèi pǐn fàng zài mén kǒu míng tiān lái qǔ

Please put the junk by the door. It will be picked up tomorrow.

Illustration for 废品 (junk)

More examples

我们把废品按可回收和不可回收分类。wǒ men bǎ fèi pǐn àn kě huí shōu hé bù kě huí shōu fēn lèi

We sort waste into recyclable and non-recyclable items.

Core concept

An item left outside the useful stream because it is unusable, defective, or worth too little.

Common phrases

  • 废品回收fèi pǐn huí shōu

    waste collection

  • 废品处理fèi pǐn chú lǐ

    waste disposal

  • 废品分类fèi pǐn fēn lèi

    waste sorting

Similar words

垃圾lā jī: Everyday unwanted waste from homes or other places that is thrown away.
废弃物fèi qì wù: Unwanted items that have been discarded and are no longer needed.
废料fèi liào: Unusable raw materials or leftover materials from production or processing.
旧货jiù huò: Used goods treated as secondhand items after someone has owned them.

Definition in Chinese

不能再使用或价值很低、通常被丢弃或送去回收的物品。bù néng zài shǐ yòng huò jià zhí hěn dī tōng cháng bèi diū qì huò sòng qù huí shōu de wù pǐn

Word origin

废 (fèi, "to discard or render useless") + 品 (pǐn, "item or product") forms a word for an item treated as unusable or not worth keeping.

Usage tips

  • The common phrase 废品回收 (fèipǐn huíshōu, "junk collection") refers to collecting discarded materials for recycling, not simply throwing them away.

Other meanings

  • rejectnoun

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