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肥

féi

HSK 4 Character

What 肥 means

1. fat
2. fertile
3. loose-fitting or large
4. to fertilize
5. to become rich by illegal means
6. fertilizer
7. manure

Example sentences

• 我肥胖。
  Wǒ féipàng.
  I'm fat.
• 我要减肥。
  I want to lose weight.
• 我想减肥。
  I want to lose weight.
• 肥皂没了。
  The soap has run out.
• 谁在减肥？
  Who's on diet?
• 这猫是很肥。
  This cat is very fat.

Words starting with 肥

• 肥皂féi zàosoap
• 肥沃féi wòfertile
• 肥胖féi pàngfat; obese
• 肥肉féi ròufat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine
• 肥大féi dà(of clothes) baggy; loose; (of a person) fat; stout; (medicine) hypertrophy
• 肥料féi liàofertilizer; manure
• 肥皂泡féi zào pàosoap bubble
• 肥硕féi shuòfleshy (fruit); plump; large and firm-fleshed (limbs, body)
• 肥厚féi hòuplump; fleshy; fertile
• 肥美féi měifertile; luxuriant; plump
• 肥力féi lìfertility (of soil)
• 肥实féi shíplump (of fruit); fat (of meat); fertile (of land)
• 肥差féi chāilucrative job; cushy job
• 肥效féi xiàoeffectiveness of fertilizer
• 肥牛féi niúfatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot)
• 肥田féi tiánfertile land; to fertilize the soil
• 肥缺féi quēlucrative post
• 肥羊féi yáng(fig.) attractive and easy mark; source of steady profit; moneymaker
• 肥城市Féi chéng ShìFeicheng, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市
• 肥东县Féi dōng XiànFeidong, a county in Hefei City 合肥市
• 肥滋滋féi zī zīfat; plump
• 肥田粉féi tián fěnammonium sulfate fertilizer
• 肥西县Féi xī XiànFeixi, a county in Hefei City 合肥市
• 肥乡区Féi xiāng QūFeixiang, a district of Handan City 邯郸市

Words containing 肥

• 减肥jiǎn féito lose weight
• 化肥huà féichemical fertilizer
• 施肥shī féito apply fertilizer
• 合肥市Hé féi ShìHefei, prefecture-level city and capital of Anhui Province 安徽省
• 分肥fēn féito unfairly divide benefits, favoring a few
• 基肥jī féibase fertilizer
• 底肥dǐ féibase fertilizer
• 积肥jī féito accumulate manure; to lay down compost
• 绿肥lǜ féigreen manure
• 育肥yù féito fatten up (livestock)
• 花肥huā féifertilizer for potted flowers; fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
• 追肥zhuī féitop soil dressing; additional fertilizer
• 面肥miàn féileaven; sourdough
• 有机肥yǒu jī féiorganic fertilizer
• 无机肥wú jī féiinorganic fertilizer
• 舒肥法shū féi fǎ(Taiwan; loanword) sous vide
• 复合肥fù hé féicompound fertilizer
• 农家肥nóng jiā féimanure
• 过劳肥guò láo féioverweight from overwork…
• 骨肥厚gǔ féi hòuhyperostosis (abnormal thickening of bone)
• 乘坚策肥chéng jiān cè féito live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
• 损公肥私sǔn gōng féi sīto damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom)…
• 食言而肥shí yán ér féilit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom); fig. not to live up to one's promises
• 合肥工业大学Hé féi Gōng yè Dà xuéHefei University of Technology

Characters built on 月

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

• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 肺fèilung
• 胃wèistomach
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 肋lèi(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 胚pēiembryo
• 羸léientangled; lean
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 肥

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

• 测cèto survey; to measure; to conjecture
• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 删shānto delete
• 狗gǒudog
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 灼zhuóto burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous

Sounds the same

Read féi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腓calf of leg; decay; protect
• 淝name of a river