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fēi

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fēi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fēi | fei1
English translation
cockroach

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About fēi

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

fēi

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of fēi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

非虫

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Fēi

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using fēi

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zhè 制造 zhìzào le 一些 yī xiē 非常 fēicháng 八卦 bā guà de 流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ 足够 zú gòu shuì shǎng 几天 jǐ tiān 的。

It provided some juicy gossip for a few days.

独自 dú zì jìng 心想 xīn xiǎng lái 安东尼 Ān dōng ní 断定 duàndìng Zēng yǒu 流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ

In his lonely meditations Antony had been forced to the conclusion that there had been rumours.

也许 yěxǔ 仅仅 jǐn jǐn shì xiē 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì de 流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ 罢了 bà le

That might merely have been malicious gossip.

Words with fēi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ lies and slanders流言蜚語
蜚声 fēi shēng to make a name蜚聲
fēi gad-fly fēi
蜚蠊 fěi lián cockroach蜚蠊 fěi lián
蜚声海外 fēi shēng hǎi wài famous at home and abroad蜚聲海外
蜚短流长 fēi duǎn liú cháng to spread malicious gossip蜚短流長

fēi Decomposition & Compounds

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