phế
Pronunciation
Northern
/fe˧˥/
Central
/fḛ˩˧/
Southern
/fe˧˥/
incompetent
2 senses
Adjective
incompetent
Verb
to depose
Details
2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
incompetent
Properties & States
Describing a person who is unable to perform tasks or is very pathetic.
vi Anh ta cảm thấy mình thật phế sau khi thất bại liên tiếp.
en He feels completely incompetent after consecutive failures.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to depose
The act of removing someone from their position or taking away their power.
vi Họ đã phế vị vua cũ để lập người mới.
en They deposed the former king to appoint a new one.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
廢
Candidates by syllable
phế
廢
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.