Chinese word

报废

Pronunciation

Pinyinbào fèi

Meaning

  • verbscrap

Example

这台打印机已经报废了。zhè tái dǎ yìn jī yǐ jīng bào fèi le

This printer has already been scrapped.

Illustration for 报废 (scrap)

More examples

公司决定把闲置的旧机床统一报废并回收有用零件。gōng sī jué dìng bǎ xián zhì de jiù jī chuáng tǒng yí bào fèi bìng huí shōu yǒu yòng líng jiàn

The company decided to scrap all its unused old machine tools and recycle the useful parts.

Core concept

A final status marks an item as no longer worth keeping in use.

Common phrases

  • 申请报废shēn qǐng bào fèi

    apply for scrapping

  • 报废名单bào fèi míng dān

    list of items for scrapping

Similar words

作废zuò fèi: Cancel a document or certificate so that it is no longer valid.
销毁xiāo huǐ: Destroy an object or document completely so that it cannot be used again.
废弃fèi qì: Discard something that is no longer needed or used.

Definition in Chinese

将经检验认定不能继续使用或不具修复价值的物品正式列为废弃，停止投入使用。jiāng jīng jiǎn yàn rèn dìng bù néng jì xù shǐ yòng huò bú jù xiū fù jià zhí de wù pǐn zhèng shì liè wéi fèi qì tíng zhǐ tóu rù shǐ yòng

Word origin

报 (bào, "report") + 废 (fèi, "discard") presents discarding as the result of a reported judgment about an item's condition.

Usage tips

  • For conversational learners, the key usage point is that the verb describes a final decision about an item, not just a temporary problem while it is still being kept.

Other meanings

  • dispose ofverb
  • write offverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 报废物bào fèi wùscrapped itemnoun
  • 报废登记bào fèi dēng jìscrapping registrationnoun

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