# 废墟 (fèixū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 废墟 (fèixū) means “ruins”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: ruins
- Pinyin: fèixū (fei4 xu1)
- Traditional: 廢墟
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 地震把这座小镇变成了废墟。
  Dìzhèn bǎ zhè zuò xiǎozhèn biànchéng le fèixū.
  The earthquake turned the town into ruins.

## Characters

- [废](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-abolish/) (fèi): to abolish; waste
- 墟 (xū): ruins; village

https://hanziro.com/word/fei-xu-ruins/

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