沸 (fèi): to boil
沸 (fèi) is a Chinese character meaning “to boil.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 弗 (phonetic). It ranks #2563 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 沸 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to boil
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沸腾 | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil |
| 沸沸扬扬 | fèi fèi yáng yáng | bubbling and gurgling |
| 煮沸 | zhǔ fèi | to boil |
| 沸水 | fèi shuǐ | boiling water |
| 沸点 | fèi diǎn | boiling point |
| 人声鼎沸 | rén shēng dǐng fèi | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) |
| 热血沸腾 | rè xuè fèi téng | (idiom) to be fired up |
| 以汤沃沸 | yǐ tāng wò fèi | to manage a situation badly (idiom) |
| 民怨沸腾 | mín yuàn fèi téng | seething discontent (idiom) |
| 沸石 | fèi shí | zeolite |
| 民怨鼎沸 | mín yuàn dǐng fèi | seething discontent (idiom) |
| 滚沸 | gǔn fèi | (of a liquid) to boil |
| 鼎沸 | dǐng fèi | a confused noise |
沸 appears in 13 compound words: 38 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 沸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
沸水滚烫，小心烫伤。
Fèishuǐ gǔntàng, xiǎoxīn tàng shāng.
Boiling water is scalding, be careful of burns.
除湿机水能喝吗?他自爆“煮沸后泡茶” 实测结果曝光
chú shī jī shuǐ néng hē ma ? tā zì bào zhǔ fèi hòu pāo chá shí cè jié guǒ pù guāng
水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
Water steams when it boils.
藉由煮沸以减少黏浆状物质。
Jièyóu zhǔfèi yǐ jiǎnshǎo nián jiāng zhuàngwù zhì.
Reduce to pulp by boiling.
听到这个让我感觉热血沸腾。
Tīngdào zhège ràng wǒ gǎnjué rèxuèfèiténg.
It made my blood boil to hear that.
我们的老师说水到了一百度就会沸腾。
Wǒmen de lǎoshī shuō shuǐ dào le yī Bǎidù jiù huì fèiténg.
Our teacher said that water boils at 100°C.
压力越低，沸点越低。
Yālì yuè dī, fèidiǎn yuè dī.
When the pressure is lower, the boiling point is lower.
牛奶的沸点比水高。
Niúnǎi de fèidiǎn bǐ shuǐ gāo.
Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.
水在摄氏100度沸腾。
Shuǐ zài Shèshì 100 dù fèiténg.
Water boils at 100 degrees.
把蛋放入沸水中。
Bǎ dàn fàng rù fèishuǐ zhōng.
Put the egg into boiling water.
Character Family
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