(fēi)

fragrant; rich; Philippines (abbr.)

How 菲 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

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.

Characters that appear with 菲

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