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斐

fěi

Character

What 斐 means

1. phonetic fei or fi
2. literaryrich with literary elegance
3. phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

Example sentences

• 拉斐尔莱唐表示，在巴西，职业棋手很难获得赞助，因为西洋棋在巴西并不流行。
  According to Rafael Leitão, it is very difficult for a professional chess player to get sponsorship in Brazil, because chess is not popular in our country.

Words starting with 斐

• 斐济Fěi jìFiji, a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
• 斐然fěi rán(literary) of great literary talent; (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant…
• 斐理伯Fěi lǐ bóPhilip, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (Catholic transliteration)
• 斐波那契Fěi bō nà qìLeonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), Italian mathematician
• 斐理伯书Fěi lǐ bó shūEpistle of St Paul to the Philippians
• 斐迪南Fěi dí nánFerdinand (name)

Words containing 斐

• 拉斐尔Lā fěi ěrRaphael
• 布斐bù fěi(loanword) buffet
• 拉斐特Lā fěi tèLafayette
• 杰斐逊城Jié fěi xùn chéngJefferson City, capital of Missouri
• 法兰西斯·斐迪南Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nánArchduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose…

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
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 翡fěiused in 翡翠

Characters that look like 斐

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

• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 楚chǔdistinct; clear; orderly
• 窟kūcave; hole
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 窖jiàocellar; to store in a cellar
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds

Sounds the same

Read fěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诽slander
• 匪bandit; (literary) not
• 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