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沛

pèi

HSK 6 Character

What 沛 means

1. copious
2. abundant

Example sentences

• 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's not as energetic as he used to be.

Words starting with 沛

• 沛公Pèi gōngDuke of Pei (i.e. 刘邦
• 沛县Pèi XiànPei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市

Words containing 沛

• 充沛chōng pèiabundant; plentiful
• 精力充沛jīng lì chōng pèivigorous; energetic
• 颠沛流离diān pèi liú líhomeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
• 丰沛fēng pèicopious; plentiful (of water); surging (of waves)
• 颠沛diān pèito fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
• 流离颠沛liú lí diān pèidestitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
• 阿旺曲沛Ā wàng qǔ pèiNgawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
• 项庄舞剑，意在沛公Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōnglit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦…
• 项庄舞剑，志在沛公Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài Pèi gōngsee 項莊舞劍，项庄舞剑，意在沛公

Characters built on 巿

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

• 肺fèilung
• 旆pèipennant; streamer

Characters that look like 沛

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

• 肺fèilung
• 沸fèito boil
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 玮wěi(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 炜wěiglowing; bright; brilliant
• 泮pàn(literary) to melt; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read pèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 配to join; to fit; to mate
• 佩to respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 帔cape
• 辔bridle; reins
• 霈torrent of rain
• 旆pennant; streamer
• 姵(used in female names)
• 斾variant of 旆, pennant; banner