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蜚

fěi

Character

What 蜚 means

1. used in {蜚蠊|fěi lián}

Example sentences

• 人们不喜欢流言蜚语的唯一时间是当你闲聊他们的事。
  Rénmen bù xǐhuan liúyánfēiyǔ de wéiyī shíjiān shì dāng nǐ xiánliáo tāmen de shì.
  The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
• 人们唯一不喜欢流言蜚语的时间，就是当你讨论他们自己的时候。
  Rénmen wéiyī bù xǐhuan liúyánfēiyǔ de shíjiān, jiùshì dāng nǐ tǎolùn tāmen zìjǐ de shíhou.
  The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Words starting with 蜚

• 蜚声fēi shēngto make a name; to become famous
• 蜚语fēi yǔgroundless rumor; unfounded gossip
• 蜚短流长fēi duǎn liú chángto spread malicious gossip; also written 飞短流长
• 蜚声世界fēi shēng shì jièfamous throughout the world
• 蜚声海外fēi shēng hǎi wàifamous at home and abroad
• 蜚蠊fěi liáncockroach
• 蜚蠊科fěi lián kēBlattidae, family of about 550 species of cockroach

Words containing 蜚

• 流言蜚语liú yán fēi yǔrumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders

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 蜚

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

• 盟méngoath; pledge; union
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 蜜mìhoney
• 碧bìgreen jade; bluish green; blue
• 裴péi(of a garment) long and flowing
• 蜇zhēto sting

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
• 翡used in 翡翠
• 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