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翡

fěi

Character

What 翡 means

1. used in {翡翠|fěi cuì}

Words starting with 翡

• 翡翠fěi cuìjadeite; tree kingfisher
• 翡冷翠Fěi lěng cuìFlorence, Italy (from Firenze)

Words containing 翡

• 蓝翡翠lán fěi cuì(bird species of China) black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
• 赤翡翠chì fěi cuì(bird species of China) ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
• 白胸翡翠bái xiōng fěi cuì(bird species of China) white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
• 白领翡翠bái lǐng fěi cuì(bird species of China) collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
• 鹳嘴翡翠guàn zuǐ fěi cuì(bird species of China) stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
• 珍珠翡翠白玉汤zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāngcabbage, rice and tofu soup

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
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect

Characters that look like 翡

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

• 盟méngoath; pledge; union
• 瑟sèa type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 畿jīterritory around the capital

Sounds the same

Read fěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诽slander
• 匪bandit; (literary) not
• 斐phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 菲poor; humble; unworthy
• 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