菲 (Fēi): luxuriant (plant growth), rich with fragrance
菲 (Fēi) is a Chinese character meaning “luxuriant (plant growth).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 艹 (grass). It ranks #1068 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- luxuriant (plant growth)
- rich with fragrance
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苏菲 | sū fēi | Sophie (name) |
| 孟菲斯 | mèng fēi sī | Memphis (Egypt or Tennessee) |
| 菲律宾 | fēi lǜ bīn | the Philippines |
| 不菲 | bù fěi | considerable (cost etc) |
| 菲尼克斯 | fēi ní kè sī | Phoenix, capital of Arizona |
| 索菲亚 | suǒ fēi yà | Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) |
| 洛克菲勒 | luò kè fēi lè | Rockefeller |
| 菲德尔 | fēi dé ěr | Fidel (name) |
| 斯普林菲尔德 | sī pǔ lín fēi ěr dé | Springfield |
| 达菲 | dá fēi | (loanword) Tamiflu |
| 艾菲尔铁塔 | ài fēi ěr tiě tǎ | (Tw) Eiffel Tower |
| 妄自菲薄 | wàng zì fěi bó | to be unduly humble (idiom) |
| 菲茨杰拉德 | fēi cí jié lā dé | Fitzgerald (name) |
| 菲舍尔 | fēi shě ěr | (name) Fisher or Fischer |
| 菲达 | fēi dá | (loanword) feta (cheese) |
菲 appears in 52 compound words: 48 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 35 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了菲字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le Fēi zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .
I looked up the detailed definition of the character "菲" in the dictionary.
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wáng Fēi lián liǎng nián chūn wǎn kāi chàng ! fěn sī qiāo wǎn bàn yǎn chàng huì kuān jiě sōng . . .
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měi jì huà zēng jiā bù shǔ xiān jìn fēi dàn Fēi jūn fāng : zhù tián bǔ zhàn lì quē kǒu
U.S. Plans to Increase Deployment of Advanced Missiles; Philippine Military: This Will Help Fill the Capability Gap
汪小菲过年带子逛饶河夜市 脱口“台湾”赶紧加“...
wāng xiǎo Fēi guò nián dài zǐ guàng ráo hé yè shì tuō kǒu tái wān gǎn jǐn jiā . . .
Wang Xiaofei took his son to Raohe Night Market during the Lunar New Year celebrations; after blurting out "Taiwan," he quickly added...
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bā Fēi tè zhí zhǎng de zuì hòu yī jì bō kè xià shàng jì yī rán mài chāo měi gǔ
In Buffett's final quarter at the helm, Berkshire Hathaway continued to net sell U.S. stocks
Character Family
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