飞 (fēi): to fly
飞 (fēi) is a Chinese character meaning “to fly.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 飞 (fly). It ranks #347 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 飞 a bird flapping its wings. Its radical form 飞 (fly) appears in many related characters.
Definitions
- to fly
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA bird flapping its wings
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 飞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 飞机noun | fēi jī | airplane | 1 |
| 飞行verb | fēi xíng | (of planes etc) to fly | 5 |
| 起飞verb | qǐ fēi | (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off | 3 |
| 飞行员noun | fēi xíng yuán | pilot | 5 |
| 飞速adverb | fēi sù | swift | 6 |
| 放飞verb | fàng fēi | to allow to fly | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞船noun | fēi chuán | spaceship |
| 飞龙noun | fēi lóng | dragon in flight |
| 飞翔verb | fēi xiáng | to circle in the air |
| 飞过 | fēi guò | to fly over |
| 直升飞机noun | zhí shēng fēi jī | see 直升機|直升机 |
| 飞车noun | fēi chē | fast-moving vehicle |
| 飞越verb | fēi yuè | to fly across |
| 飞快adjective | fēi kuài | very fast |
| 飞弹noun | fēi dàn | (Tw) missile |
| 飞碟noun | fēi dié | flying saucer |
| 远走高飞 | yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi | (idiom) to go far away |
| 飞跃verb | fēi yuè | to leap |
| 飞机场noun | fēi jī chǎng | airport |
| 飞艇noun | fēi tǐng | airship |
| 飞逝verb | fēi shì | (of time) to pass quickly |
飞 appears in 104 compound words: 70 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 3 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 飞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (32)
to be together day and night; to help each other and move forward together
droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
to be together day and night; to help each other and move forward together
droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
Showing 12 of 32 idioms containing 飞.
Example Sentences
这个飞字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě fēi zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "飞" (fēi) carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
为了飞更远?冬奥跳台滑雪爆阴茎注射歪风
wéi le fēi gēng yuǎn ? dōng ào tiào tái huá xuě bào yīn jīng zhù shè wāi fēng
To fly further? Winter Olympics ski jumping exploded penis injection crooked
电影《飞驰人生3》在澳门热映
diàn yǐng fēi chí rén shēng 3 zài ào mén rè yìng
The movie "Flying Life 3" was released in Macau
8岁男骑车游南横 撞护栏抛飞摔溪底亡
8 suì nán qí chē yóu nán héng zhuàng hù lán pāo fēi shuāi xī de wáng
An 8-year-old male rode a bicycle to the south and crashed into a guardrail and fell to the bottom of the stream and died
...1万元 济南长21米、高7米“巨型鳌鱼”飞了 全网急寻
. . . 1 wàn yuán jì nán cháng 2 1 mǐ , gāo 7 mǐ jù xíng 鳌 yú fēi le quán wǎng jí xún
... 10,000 yuan Jinan's 21-meter-long and 7-meter-high "giant turtle" flew and the whole network was urgently searching
黄金消费火热、春节不打烊,电商人一周三飞
huáng jīn xiāo fèi huǒ rè , chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , diàn shāng rén yī zhōu sān fēi
Gold consumption is hot, the Spring Festival is not closed, and e-commerce people fly three times a week
你乘飞机还是乘火车去？
Nǐ chéng fēijī háishì chéng huǒchē qù?
Are you going by air or by train?
人们怎么能在飞机上睡觉？
Rénmen zěnme néng zài fēijī shàng shuìjiào?
How do people manage to sleep on the plane?
请问有没有飞往纽约的不停站航班？
Qǐngwèn yǒuméiyǒu fēi wǎng Niǔyuē de bù tíngzhàn hángbān?
Is there a nonstop flight to New York?
我们是不是直飞美国？
Wǒmen shìbùshì zhífēi Měiguó?
Are we making a nonstop flight to the U.S.?
Character Family
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