肥 (féi): fat, fertilizer
肥 (féi) is a Chinese character meaning “fat, fertilizer.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 巴 (phonetic). It ranks #1609 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 肥 flesh. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- fat, fertilizer
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 肥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥皂noun | féi zào | soap |
| 肥料noun | féi liào | fertilizer |
| 肥肉noun | féi ròu | fat (e.g. pork fat) |
| 肥大adjective | féi dà | (of clothes) baggy |
| 化肥noun | huà féi | chemical fertilizer |
| 肥厚 | féi hòu | plump |
| 堆肥noun | duī féi | compost |
| 肥皂泡noun | féi zào pào | soap bubble |
| 粪肥noun | fèn féi | manure |
| 脑满肠肥phrase | nǎo mǎn cháng féi | (idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege |
| 肥硕adjective | féi shuò | fleshy (fruit) |
| 施肥verb | shī féi | to apply fertilizer |
| 肥美adjective | féi měi | fertile |
| 肥胖症noun | féi pàng zhèng | obesity |
| 食言而肥phrase | shí yán ér féi | lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) |
肥 appears in 87 compound words: 48 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 11 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 肥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
to live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
to pick the best for oneself; to choose whatever is to one's advantage
Showing 10 of 11 idioms containing 肥.
Example Sentences
这种肥料可以提高农作物的产量，很多农民都在使用。
Zhè zhǒng féiliào kěyǐ tígāo nóngzuòwù de chǎnliàng, hěn duō nóngmín dōu zài shǐyòng.
This fertilizer can increase crop yields; many farmers are using it.
...边喂奶一边做dna的准确率受体重影响吗?肥胖会稀释胎儿游离DNA吗
. . . biān wéi nǎi yī biān zuò d n a de zhǔn què lǜ shòu tǐ chóng yǐng xiǎng ma ? féi pàng huì xī shì tāi ér yóu lí D N A ma
... Is the accuracy of DNA doing while breastfeeding affected by weight? Does obesity dilute fetal free DNA?
健康网》不用打瘦瘦针! 医揭“喝水减肥法”3关键点很重要
jiàn kāng wǎng bù yòng dǎ shòu shòu zhēn ! yī jiē hē shuǐ jiǎn féi fǎ 3 guān jiàn diǎn hěn chóng yāo
Health Network" No need to take slimming injections! The three key points of the "drinking water weight loss method" are very important
低糖食品有哪些?糖尿病患者和减肥人群需求不同吗
dī táng shí pǐn yǒu nǎ xiē ? táng niào bìng huàn zhě hé jiǎn féi rén qún xū qiú bù tóng ma
What are the low-sugar foods? Do diabetics and weight loss people have different needs?
诗巫肥料罗里追尾油槽罗里 乘客不幸丧命 两人受...
shī wū féi liào luó lǐ zhuī wěi yóu cáo luó lǐ chéng kè bù xìng sāng mìng liǎng rén shòu . . .
Sibu fertilizer rollie rear-ended oil tank roller Rory, passengers unfortunately died, two suffered...
肥城:外卖小哥的“暖心守护”升级了
féi chéng wài mài xiǎo gē de nuǎn xīn shǒu hù shēng jí le
Feicheng: takeaway brother's "warm heart guardian" upgraded
肥皂可以清除脏汙。
Féizào kěyǐ qīngchú zāng wū.
Soap can clean grime.
他农场的土地十分肥沃。
Tā nóngchǎng de tǔdì shífēn féiwò.
The land on his farm is very fertile.
这个产品称它能帮助你减肥。
Zhège chǎnpǐn chēng tā néng bāngzhù nǐ jiǎnféi.
This product claims to help you lose weight.
想要减肥就必须控制食欲。
Xiǎngyào jiǎnféi jiù bìxū kòngzhì shíyù.
If you want to lose weight, then you need to control your appetite.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
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