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肺

fèi

HSK 5 Character Measure word 个

What 肺 means

1. lung

Example sentences

• 他死于肺癌。
  He died of lung cancer.
• 他怕得到肺癌。
  He is afraid of getting lung cancer.
• 怎幺说：‘肺’？
  How do you say 'lung'?
• 我的父亲死于肺癌。
  Wǒ de fùqīn sǐ yú fèi'ái.
  My father died of lung cancer.
• 他发自肺腑地笑了。
  Tā fāzì fèifǔ de xiào le.
  He laughed wholeheartedly.
• 吸烟影响了他的肺部。
  Xīyān yǐngxiǎng le tā de fèibù.
  Smoking has affected his lungs.

Words starting with 肺

• 肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
• 肺癌fèi áilung cancer
• 肺腑fèi fǔbottom of the heart (fig.)
• 肺病fèi bìnglung disease
• 肺结核fèi jié hétuberculosis; TB
• 肺腑之言fèi fǔ zhī yánwords from the bottom of one's heart
• 肺泡fèi pàopulmonary alveolus
• 肺脏fèi zànglungs
• 肺动脉fèi dòng màipulmonary artery
• 肺心病fèi xīn bìngpulmonary heart disease (medicine)
• 肺活量fèi huó liàng(medicine) vital capacity
• 肺结节fèi jié jié(medicine) pulmonary nodule
• 肺通气fèi tōng qìpulmonary ventilation (medicine)
• 肺结核病fèi jié hé bìngtuberculosis, TB
• 肺炎双球菌fèi yán shuāng qiú jūnDiplococcus pneumoniae
• 肺刺激性毒剂fèi cì jī xìng dú jìlung irritant
• 肺气肿fèi qì zhǒngemphysema
• 肺水肿fèi shuǐ zhǒngpulmonary edema
• 肺炎霉浆菌fèi yán méi jiāng jūnMycoplasma pneumoniae
• 肺栓塞fèi shuān sèpulmonary embolism (medicine)
• 肺痨fèi láotuberculosis
• 肺炎克雷伯氏菌fèi yán Kè léi bó shì jūnKlebsiella pnenmoniae

Words containing 肺

• 撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèiin unbearable anguish; agonizing
• 没心没肺méi xīn méi fèisimple-minded; thoughtless; heartless
• 尘肺chén fèipneumoconiosis
• 心肺xīn fèithe heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary
• 书肺shū fèibook lung (arachnid anatomy)
• 水肺shuǐ fèiscuba
• 润肺rùn fèito moisten the lungs; to make expectoration easy (medicine)
• 黑肺病hēi fèi bìngblack lung disease; coal workers' pneumoconiosis
• 夫妻肺片fū qī fèi piànpopular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
• 新冠肺炎xīn guān fèi yánCOVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019
• 缺心少肺quē xīn shǎo fèibrainless; stupid
• 贴心贴肺tiē xīn tiē fèiconsiderate and caring; very close; intimate
• 大叶性肺炎dà yè xìng fèi yánlobar pneumonia
• 心肺复苏术xīn fèi fù sū shùcardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• 支原体肺炎zhī yuán tǐ fèi yánMycoplasma pneumonia
• 非典型肺炎fēi diǎn xíng fèi yánatypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
• 狼心狗肺láng xīn gǒu fèilit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom); cruel and unscrupulous
• 霉浆菌肺炎méi jiāng jūn fèi yánmycoplasma pneumonia
• 驴肝肺lǘ gān fèi(lit.) a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
• 掏心掏肺tāo xīn tāo fèito be totally devoted (to a person)
• 揪心揪肺jiū xīn jiū fèiheart-wrenching
• 矽肺病xī fèi bìngsilicosis
• 出自肺腑chū zì fèi fǔfrom the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
• 感人肺腑gǎn rén fèi fǔ(idiom) deeply touching

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
• 肥féifat; fertile; loose-fitting or large
• 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 肺

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

• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 绅shēnmember of gentry
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon

Sounds the same

Read fèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 费to cost; to spend; fee
• 废to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 沸to boil
• 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