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沸

fèi

HSK 6 Character

What 沸 means

1. to boil

Example sentences

• 茶壶沸了。
  The kettle is boiling.
• 把蛋放入沸水中。
  Bǎ dàn fàng rù fèishuǐ zhōng.
  Put the eggs into the boiling water.
• 我给沸水烫伤了。
  Wǒ gěi fèishuǐ tàngshāng le.
  I burned myself with boiling water.
• 沸水蒸发成气体。
  Fèishuǐ zhēngfā chéng qìtǐ.
  Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
• 水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
  Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
  Water turns into steam when it is boiled.
• 牛奶的沸点比水高。
  Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.

Words starting with 沸

• 沸腾fèi téng(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up
• 沸沸扬扬fèi fèi yáng yángbubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz
• 沸水fèi shuǐboiling water
• 沸点fèi diǎnboiling point
• 沸石fèi shízeolite

Words containing 沸

• 热血沸腾rè xuè fèi téng(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing…
• 人声鼎沸rén shēng dǐng fèilit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha
• 煮沸zhǔ fèito boil
• 滚沸gǔn fèi(of a liquid) to boil
• 鼎沸dǐng fèia confused noise; a racket
• 以汤沃沸yǐ tāng wò fèito manage a situation badly (idiom)
• 民怨沸腾mín yuàn fèi téngseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
• 民怨鼎沸mín yuàn dǐng fèiseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

Characters built on 弗

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

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 砩fèidam up water with rocks
• 怫fèianger

Characters that look like 沸

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

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 弟dìyounger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 绔kùvariant of 裤

Sounds the same

Read fèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 费to cost; to spend; fee
• 废to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 肺lung
• 吠to bark
• 狒hamadryad baboon
• 砩dam up water with rocks
• 剕amputation of limbs as corporal punishment; variant of 腓, calf
• 痱prickly heat
• 镄fermium (chemistry)
• 怫anger
• 俷(literary) to violate (a moral code)
• 厞to hide; hideout