冯 (píng): to gallop, to assist, to attack, to wade, great
冯 (píng) is a Chinese character meaning “to gallop.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (phonetic) and 马 (semantic). It ranks #1703 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 冯 horse. Its radical form 冫 (ice) appears in many related characters such as 冷 (lěng, cold), 净 (jìng, clean), 准 (zhǔn, to allow).
Definitions
- to gallop
- to assist
- to attack
- to wade
- great
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冯内果 | féng nèi guǒ | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007), US writer |
| 冯德英 | féng dé yīng | Feng Deying (1935–2022), author of the 1958 novel Bitter Herbs 苦菜花[Ku3 cai4 hua1] |
| 冯友兰 | féng yǒu lán | Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher |
| 冯梦龙 | féng mèng lóng | Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古... |
| 暴虎冯河 | bào hǔ píng hé | lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) |
| 冯武 | féng wǔ | Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition |
| 冯骥才 | féng jì cái | Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人 |
| 冯窦伯 | féng dòu bó | Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition |
| 冯德莱恩 | féng dé lái ēn | Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019 |
| 冯玉祥 | féng yù xiáng | Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek |
冯 appears in 10 compound words: 90 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 10 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 冯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
了解冯字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè féng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "Feng" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
...0》全面进化 黄靖程携手Jeremy强尼冯志佑与观众再次直面人生遗憾
. . . 0 quán miàn jìn huà huáng 靖 chéng xié shǒu J e r e m y qiáng ní píng zhì yòu yǔ guàn zhòng zài cì zhí miàn rén shēng yí hàn
...0: A Complete Evolution—Huang Jingcheng Joins Forces with Jeremy, Johnny, and Feng Zhiyou to Confront Life’s Regrets Once Again with the Audience
想欧盟派遣舰队前往霍尔木兹?冯德莱恩:条件是结束战争
xiǎng ōu méng pài qiǎn jiàn duì qián wǎng huò ěr mù zī ? píng dé 莱 ēn : tiáo jiàn shì jié shù zhàn zhēng
Want the EU to send a naval fleet to the Strait of Hormuz? von der Leyen: The condition is an end to the war
贵州九暹酒业董事长冯翔一行到访郑州酒协座谈交流
guì zhōu jiǔ 暹 jiǔ yè dǒng shì cháng píng xiáng yī háng dào fǎng zhèng zhōu jiǔ xié zuò tán jiāo liú
Feng Xiang, Chairman of Guizhou Jiuxian Winery, and his delegation visited the Zhengzhou Wine Association for a discussion and exchange
冯允谦返加国见另一半无被催婚 未收到陈柏宇...
píng yǔn qiān fǎn jiā guó jiàn lìng yī bàn wú bèi cuī hūn wèi shōu dào chén bǎi yǔ . . .
Feng Yunqian returned to Canada and saw that his partner was not urged to get married and did not receive Chen Baiyu...
古天乐收冯素波利是表现恭敬 逐一与粉丝握手:觉得比...
gǔ tiān lè shōu píng sù bō lì shì biǎo xiàn gōng jìng zhú yī yǔ fěn sī wò shǒu : jué dé bǐ . . .
Louis Koo accepted Feng Supoli to show respect and shake hands with fans one by one: I feel that it is than...
冯迪索在做俯卧撑时，并不是把自身往上推，而是在把地球向下推。
Féng dí suǒ zài zuò fǔwòchēng shí, bìngbù shì bǎ zìshēn wǎng shàng tuī, érshì zài bǎ dìqiú xiàngxià tuī.
When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
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