HSK 6 vocabulary › 废寝忘食
废寝忘食
废寝忘食 in English: to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals
fèi qǐn wàng shí
to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals
How to pronounce 废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí (without tone marks: fei qin wang shi). fèi is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; qǐn is a third (low, dipping) tone; wàng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; shí is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 废寝忘食
废 fèi
to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
寝 qǐn
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb
忘 wàng
to forget; to overlook; to neglect
to forget; to overlook; to neglect
食 shí
to eat; food; animal feed
to eat; food; animal feed
Related words
| 忘记 | wàng jì | to forget | HSK 3 |
| 废话 | fèi huà | nonsense; rubbish | HSK 5 |
| 粮食 | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals | HSK 5 |
| 零食 | líng shí | between-meal nibbles; snacks | HSK 5 |
| 食物 | shí wù | food | HSK 5 |
| 半途而废 | bàn tú ér fèi | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished | HSK 6 |
| 废除 | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate | HSK 6 |
| 废墟 | fèi xū | ruins | HSK 6 |
| 作废 | zuò fèi | to become invalid; to cancel | HSK 6 |
| 备忘录 | bèi wàng lù | memorandum; aide-memoire | HSK 6 |