粵

廢fai3紙zi2

simp废纸
fai3 zi2fèi zhǐ

English

  1. waste paper
  2. used paper or useless paper (usually writing or printing paper or printed materials, seldom packing or wrapping paper)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用過或者冇用嘅紙(通常指印刷或者書寫用嘅紙,好少講包裝紙)(量詞:張/疊/堆)

Examples

  • 拎啲廢紙去回收啦。

    Send used paper to be recycled.

  • 點算呀!我當咗阿爸公司啲文件做廢紙,整皺晒呀!

    What should I do! I mistook my father's company documents for trash and crumpled them!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 請給我一張廢紙。

    Please get me a scrap of paper.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 廢紙回收是十分重要的。

    Recycling paper is very important.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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