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霏

fēi

Character

What 霏 means

1. fall of snow

Words containing 霏

• 噶霏gá fēicoffee (loanword) (old)

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

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)
• 菲luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 妃imperial concubine
• 绯dark red; purple silk
• 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