菲 (fēi)
fragrant; rich; Philippines (abbr.)
How 菲 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 菲
- Simplified
- 菲 (unchanged)
Components
- 艹 grass
- 非 wrong
菲 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- fēi
- abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]
- fěi
- poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)
Common words using 菲
- 菲律賓 fēilǜbīn
- the Philippines
- 加菲貓 jiāfēimāo
- Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
- 菲力 fēilì
- fillet (loanword)
- 菲菲 fēifēi
- very fragrant; luxurious; beautiful
- 達菲 dáfēi
- oseltamivir; Tamiflu
- 不菲 bùfěi
- considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc)
- 孟菲斯 mèngfēisī
- Memphis (Egypt, or Tennessee)
- 洛克菲勒 luòkèfēilè
- Rockefeller
- 索菲亞 suǒfēiyà
- Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)
- 聖菲 shèngfēi
- Santa Fe
- 芭菲 bāfēi
- Buffy (the vampire slayer), star of TV series
- 菲亞特 fēiyàtè
- Fiat
菲 in a sentence
他去菲律賓度假了。
Tā qù Fēilǜbīn dùjià le.
“He went to the Philippines for vacation.”
How common is 菲?
菲 is the 1,416th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.9% of all running text.
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