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fēi

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fēi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fēi | fei1
English translation
fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines

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About fēi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

fēi

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of fēi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹非

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Fēi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Fēi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fēi

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zài líng 菲尔德2 shí 30 fēn cháng sài Zhōng ,18 háo 出赛 chū sài .

Number 18 in the 30 at Lingfield is a non - starter .

菲利浦 biē zhù 大笑 dà xiào 起来 qǐlai , 可是 kěshì 普赖斯小姐 xiǎojie de liǎn què le .

Philip was obliged to laugh, but Miss Price grew darkly red with anger.

菲尔信心十足 de zǒu Xiàng qián , běn què 踌躇 chóu chú 不定 bù dìng .

Phil walked forward confidently but something held Ben back.

相纸 xiàng zhǐ 阴图: zài 菲林 fēi lín 物料 wù liào ér 在相纸 shǎng 造成 zàochéng de 阴文图像 tú xiàng .

Paper negatives: Negatives produced on paper instead of on film.

菲力普脸一 Hóng ,不自在 bù zì zai de 笑了起来 qǐlai .

Philip blushed and laughed uneasily.

Words with fēi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fēi poor fēi
菲律宾 Fēi lǜ bīn the Philippines菲律賓
王菲 Wáng Fēi Faye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress王菲 Wáng Fēi
不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc)不菲 bù fěi
苏菲 Sū fēi Sophie (name)蘇菲
孟菲斯 Mèng fēi sī Memphis (Egypt or Tennessee)孟菲斯 Mèng fēi sī
拉姆斯菲尔德 Lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense拉姆斯菲爾德
卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi
索菲亚 Suǒ fēi yà Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)索菲亞
达菲 dá fēi oseltamivir達菲
洛克菲勒 Luò kè fēi lè Rockefeller洛克菲勒 Luò kè fēi lè
菲菲 fēi fēi very fragrant菲菲 fēi fēi
菲尼克斯 Fēi ní kè sī Phoenix, capital of Arizona菲尼克斯 Fēi ní kè sī
菲亚特 Fēi yà tè Fiat菲亞特

fēi Decomposition & Compounds

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