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fèi

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fèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fèi | fei4
English translation
to bark

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About fèi

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

fèi

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

The sound a dog  quǎn makes with their mouth  kǒu

Etymology of fèi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口犬

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Example sentences using fèi

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远远 yuǎn yuǎn de yǐn dào cūn quǎn de fèi shēng ,非常 fēicháng de 好听 hǎo tīng .

The distant barking of the dogs sounded beautiful to him.

fèi quǎn yǎo rén .

A barking dog doesn't bite!

zhǐ gǒu 碰到 pèng dào 任何人 dōu yāo fèi jiào .

That dog will pick a quarrel with anyone he meets.

zài Shǎn zhāo 火花 huǒ huā de 公园 gōngyuán , 可爱 kěài de 深色 shēn sè gǒu duì zhāo 装载 zhuāng zài 于舟云雀 yún què fèi míng .

In sparking park, the darling dark dog barked at the embarked larks.

然后 ránhòu Zuò zhāo fèi jiào ,直到 zhí dào yǒu rén fàng 出去 chū qù 为止 wéi zhǐ .

Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out.

Words with fèi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fèi to bark fèi
狂吠 kuáng fèi to howl狂吠 kuáng fèi
吠叫 fèi jiào to bark吠叫 fèi jiào
蜀犬吠日 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day蜀犬吠日 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì

fèi Decomposition & Compounds

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