沛 (pèi): copious, abundant
沛 (pèi) is a Chinese character meaning “copious.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 巿 (structural). It ranks #2762 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 沛 circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- copious
- abundant
Etymology & Origin
ideographicCirculating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood
Decomposition: ⿰氵巿 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精力充沛 | jīng lì chōng pèi | vigorous |
| 充沛adjective | chōng pèi | abundant |
| 颠沛流离phrase | diān pèi liú lí | homeless and miserable (idiom) |
| 项庄舞剑，意在沛公 | xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (idiom) |
| 项庄舞剑，志在沛公 | xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng | see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公 |
| 流离颠沛 | liú lí diān pèi | destitute and homeless (idiom) |
| 沛公proper-noun | pèi gōng | Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦) |
| 阿旺曲沛 | ā wàng qǔ pèi | Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar) |
| 丰沛adjective | fēng pèi | copious |
| 沛县proper-noun | pèi xiàn | Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市, Jiangsu |
| 颠沛adjective | diān pèi | to fall over |
沛 appears in 11 compound words: 18 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 27 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 沛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这条沛流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo pèi liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
The Pei River flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmlands along its banks.
曾沛慈全开麦超稳只夺11名 萧蔷金句连发:离...
céng pèi cí quán kāi mài chāo wěn zhī duó 1 1 míng xiāo 蔷 jīn jù lián fā : lí . . .
Zeng Peici Sang Live and Performed Flawlessly but Finished Only 11th; Xiao Qiang Dropped One Catchphrase After Another: "Far From..."
军购金额不同调卢秀燕剑指郑丽文?林沛祥:卢是国民党重要资产
jūn gòu jīn é bù tóng diào Lú xiù yān jiàn zhǐ zhèng lí wén ? lín pèi xiáng : Lú shì guó mín dǎng chóng yāo zī chǎn
Disagreement Over Military Procurement Budget: Is Lu Hsiu-yuan Taking Aim at Cheng Li-wen? Lin Pei-hsiang: Lu Is a Key Asset for the KMT
收钟沛君传票专程请假北上!竟是弄错人
shōu zhōng pèi jūn chuán piào zhuān chéng qǐng jiǎ běi shàng ! jìng shì nòng cuò rén
I took a special leave of absence to travel north after receiving a summons for Zhong Peijun! It turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
...一万能合|Sica一人分饰三角 凌文龙麦沛东岑珈其影海报笑到癫
. . . yī wàn néng gě S i c a yī rén fēn shì sān jiǎo líng wén lóng mài pèi dōng 岑 珈 qí yǐng hǎi bào xiào dào 癫
... One universal combination| Sica alone plays the triangle Ling Wenlong, Mai Peidong, Cen Jia, and the poster of the film laughs crazy
“台美贸易协定”政院评估送立院 林沛祥:不送就是妥妥的黑箱
tái měi mào yì xié dìng zhèng yuàn píng gū sòng lì yuàn lín pèi xiáng : bù sòng jiù shì tuǒ tuǒ de hēi xiāng
The "Taiwan-US Trade Agreement" was evaluated by the Political Yuan and sent to the Legislative Yuan Lin Peixiang: If you don't send it, it's a proper black box
我小睡后就感到精力充沛。
Wǒ xiǎoshuì hòu jiù gǎndào jīnglì chōngpèi.
A little nap and, just like that, I'm as fresh as a daisy.
他不像从前那样精力充沛了。
Tā bù xiàng cóngqián nàyàng jīnglìchōngpèi le.
He isn't as energetic as he once was.
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