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菲

fēi

Character

What 菲 means

1. luxuriant (plant growth)
2. rich with fragrance
3. phenanthrene C14H10

Other readings

菲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fěipoor; humble; unworthy
• Fēiabbr. for the Philippines {菲律宾|Fēi lǜ bīn}

Example sentences

• 你是菲律宾人吗？
  Nǐ shì Fēilǜbīnrén ma?
  Are you a Filipino?
• 我最好的朋友是菲律宾人。
  My best friend is Filipino.
• 他是英国人所知的菲利普国王。
  Tā shì Yīngguórén suǒzhī de fēi lì pǔ guówáng.
  He was known to the English as King Philip.
• 穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲是个权力狂。
  Muammar Gaddafi is a megalomaniac.
• 玛丽穿的衣服看起来价格不菲。
  The dress that Mary is wearing looks expensive.
• 没有任何事物能逃脱墨菲定律。
  Nothing is exempt from Murphy's Law.

Words starting with 菲

• 菲律宾Fēi lǜ bīnthe Philippines
• 菲菲fēi fēivery fragrant; luxurious; beautiful
• 菲利普Fēi lì pǔ(name) Philip
• 菲亚特Fēi yà tèFiat
• 菲力fēi lìfillet (loanword)
• 菲林fēi lín(dialect) film (loanword); roll of film
• 菲达fēi dá(loanword) feta (cheese)
• 菲尔特Fēi ěr tèFürth (city in Germany)
• 菲尼克斯Fēi ní kè sīPhoenix, capital of Arizona; also 凤凰城
• 菲舍尔Fēi shě ěr(name) Fisher or Fischer
• 菲律宾人Fēi lǜ bīn rénFilipino
• 菲律宾语Fēi lǜ bīn yǔTagalog (language)
• 菲律宾大学Fēi lǜ bīn Dà xuéUniversity of the Philippines
• 菲尔兹奖Fēi ěr zī JiǎngFields Medal (prestigious international award in mathematics)
• 菲力牛排fēi lì niú páifillet steak
• 菲酌fěi zhuó(humble) the poor food I offer you; my inadequate hospitality
• 菲薄fěi bóhumble; meager; thin
• 菲佣Fēi yōngFilipino maid
• 菲涅耳透镜Fēi niè ěr tòu jìngFresnel lens
• 菲姬Fěi jīFergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson, 1975-), US pop singer
• 菲律宾鹃鸠Fēi lǜ bīn juān jiū(bird species of China) Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)
• 菲德尔Fēi dé ěrFidel (name)
• 菲力克斯Fēi lì kè sīFelix (name)
• 菲尔普斯Fēi ěr pǔ sīPhelps (name); Michael Phelps (1985-), US swimmer and multiple Olympic gold medallist

Words containing 菲

• 王菲Wáng FēiFaye Wong (1969-), Hong Kong pop star and actress
• 不菲bù fěiconsiderable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc)
• 苏菲Sū fēi(name) Sophie; Sufi (Islamic mystic)
• 索菲亚Suǒ fēi yàSofia (capital of Bulgaria)
• 卡扎菲Kǎ zhā fēi(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
• 洛克菲勒Luò kè fēi lèRockefeller
• 中菲Zhōng FēiChina-Philippines
• 圣菲Shèng fēiSanta Fe
• 萨菲Sà fēiSafi (Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast)
• 达菲Dá fēi(loanword) Tamiflu
• 拉菲草lā fēi cǎoraffia (loanword)
• 阿洛菲Ā luò fēiAlofi, capital of Niue
• 埃菲尔铁塔Āi fēi ěr Tiě tǎEiffel Tower
• 普罗科菲夫Pǔ luó kē fēi fūSergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer
• 艾菲尔铁塔Ài fēi ěr Tiě tǎ(Taiwan) Eiffel Tower
• 斯普林菲尔德Sī pǔ lín fēi ěr déSpringfield
• 费拉德尔菲亚Fèi lā dé ěr fēi yàPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania; abbr. to 费城
• 齐格菲防线Qí gé fēi Fáng xiànSiegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
• 雪菲尔德Xuě fēi ěr déSheffield (City in England)
• 孟菲斯Mèng fēi sīMemphis (Egypt or Tennessee)
• 额菲尔士峰É fēi ěr shì FēngMount Everest
• 加菲猫Jiā fēi māoGarfield (the comic-strip cat); (colloquial) flat-faced Persian-type cat…
• 芭菲bā fēiparfait (loanword)
• 妄自菲薄wàng zì fěi bóto be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself

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.

• 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
• 翡fěiused in 翡翠

Characters that look like 菲

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

Sounds the same

Read fēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飞to fly
• 非to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 啡(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 妃imperial concubine
• 绯dark red; purple silk
• 霏fall of snow
• 扉door with only one leaf
• 鲱Pacific herring
• 騑side horse (in a team of harnessed horses); horse
• 馡fragrant
• 䬠old variant of 霏