# 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi) means “to give up halfway”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to give up halfway
- Pinyin: bàntú'érfèi (ban4 tu2 er2 fei4)
- Traditional: 半途而廢
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 学习外语要坚持，不能半途而废。
  Xuéxí wàiyǔ yào jiānchí, bùnéng bàntú'érfèi.
  Learning a foreign language requires persistence; you cannot give up halfway.

## Characters

- [半](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-half/) (bàn): half
- 途 (tú): way; route
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [废](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-abolish/) (fèi): to abolish; waste

https://hanziro.com/word/ban-tu-er-fei-give-up-halfway/

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