曠廢

Chinese

		waste; wilderness	abolish; crippled
trad. (曠廢)		曠	廢
simp. (旷废)		旷	废

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàngfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ fai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàngfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàngfèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-fei⁴
    • Yale: kwàng-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanqfey
    • Palladius: куанфэй (kuanfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong³ fai³
    • Yale: kwong fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ fɐi̯³³/

Verb

曠廢

1. to leave (land) uncultivated; to abandon (a field)
2. to become wasted; to fall into disuse
3. to waste; to neglect

Synonyms

• (to leave uncultivated): 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi), 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• (to become wasted): 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi), 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• (to waste):

• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費／白费 (báifèi)
• 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
• 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)