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fèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fèi | fei4
English translation
to boil
to boil, to bubble up, to gush

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About fèi

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

fèi

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of fèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵弗

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fèi

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de Shuǐ zài 沸腾 fèiténg .

The kettle is at the bubble.

煮沸 zhǔ fèi de Niú nǎi 溢出 yì chū le nǎi guō .

The pan overflowed with boiling milk.

láo Shén 照料 zhào liào shǎng de 牛奶 niúnǎi ,别沸 jiàn le .

Please keep an eye on the stove in case the milk boils.

内心 nèi xīn 象一锅沸水 fèi shuǐ ,想愈觉得 juéde 自己 zìjǐ 可怜 kělián .

His feelings boiled over into self - pity.

piē le 煮沸 zhǔ fèi 糖浆 táng jiāng shǎng de 泡沫 pàomò .

I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.

Words with fèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
沸腾 fèiténg to flare up沸騰
沸沸扬扬 fèi fèi yáng yáng hubbubing沸沸揚揚
煮沸 zhǔ fèi to boil煮沸 zhǔ fèi
fèi to boil fèi
沸水 fèi shuǐ boiling water沸水 fèi shuǐ
热血沸腾 rè xuè fèi téng to be fired up (idiom)熱血沸騰
沸点 fèi diǎn boiling point沸點
人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi hubbub人聲鼎沸
沸石 fèi shí zeolite沸石 fèi shí
鼎沸 dǐng fèi a racket鼎沸 dǐng fèi
民怨沸腾 mín yuàn fèi téng seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over民怨沸騰
滚沸 gǔn fèi (of a liquid) to boil滾沸

fèi Decomposition & Compounds

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fèi Decomposition

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