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匪

fěi

Character

What 匪 means

1. bandit
2. literarynot

Example sentences

• 这些绑匪没有放弃的迹象。
  Zhèxiē bǎngfěi méiyǒu fàngqì de jìxiàng.
  The kidnappers showed no sign of giving up.
• 绑匪告诉我我如果不独自出现他就会把汤姆杀了。
  The kidnapper told me he'd kill Tom if I didn't show up alone.

Words starting with 匪

• 匪徒fěi túgangster; bandit
• 匪夷所思fěi yí suǒ sīunimaginable; outrageous; freakish
• 匪巢fěi cháobandit stronghold
• 匪帮fěi bānggang of bandits; criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
• 匪盗fěi dàobandit
• 匪穴fěi xuébandit den; rebel stronghold
• 匪首fěi shǒubandit chief
• 匪徒集团fěi tú jí tuángangster

Words containing 匪

• 土匪tǔ fěibandit
• 劫匪jié fěibandit; robber
• 受益匪浅shòu yì fěi qiǎnto benefit (from)
• 剿匪jiǎo fěito send armed forces to suppress
• 共匪gòng fěicommunist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))
• 叛匪pàn fěirebel bandit
• 散匪sǎn fěiscattered bandits
• 枪匪qiāng fěibandits with guns; an armed criminal; a gunman
• 白匪bái fěiwhite bandit (i.e. Nationalist soldier)
• 盗匪dào fěibandit
• 绑匪bǎng fěikidnapper
• 警匪jǐng fěipolice and criminals; (genre of fiction) crime
• 赤匪chì fěired bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))
• 顽匪wán fěigangster; bandit
• 胡匪hú fěibandit (old)
• 交情匪浅jiāo qíng fěi qiǎnto be very close; to understand each other
• 悍匪hàn fěibrutal bandit; ferocious criminal
• 夙夜匪懈sù yè fěi xièto work from morning to night (idiom)
• 蔫土匪niān tǔ fěiscoundrel with an honest demeanor

Characters built on 非

These share the phonetic component 非 (fēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 翡fěiused in 翡翠

Characters that look like 匪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 匿nìto hide
• 祟suìevil spirit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard

Sounds the same

Read fěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诽slander
• 斐phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 菲poor; humble; unworthy
• 翡used in 翡翠
• 蜚used in 蜚蠊
• 榧Torreya nucifera
• 悱to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to
• 朏(literary) (of the crescent moon) to begin to shine
• 篚round covered basket
• 棐Torreya nucifera; strengthen
• 奜big