Chinese words starting with “fei”
33 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable fei. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial f · final ei · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 14
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 2
- 4th tone 12
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 非常fēi chángHSK 1
very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 飞机fēi jīHSK 1
airplane
- 费用fèi yòngHSK 3
cost; expenditure; expense
- 飞行fēi xíngHSK 3
(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
All 33 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 飞 | fēi | v,g,vn | to fly | |
| 2 | 非 | fēi | b | to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must | |
| 3 | 费 | fèi | n,v,nr | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 4 | 非法 | fēi fǎ | b,d | illegal | |
| 5 | 肥 | féi | n,a,v | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 6 | 肺 | fèi | n | lung | |
| 7 | 飞船 | fēi chuán | n | spaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airship | |
| 8 | 废 | fèi | g,v | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 9 | 飞行员 | fēi xíng yuán | n | pilot; aviator | |
| 10 | 废话 | fèi huà | n | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 11 | 废物 | fèi wù | n | rubbish; waste material; useless person | |
| 12 | 非凡 | fēi fán | z | out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc) | |
| 13 | 非得 | fēi děi | d | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | |
| 14 | 飞往 | fēi wǎng | v | Go to | |
| 15 | 肥胖 | féi pàng | a,an | fat; obese | |
| 16 | 飞翔 | fēi xiáng | v,vn | to circle in the air; to soar | |
| 17 | 绯闻 | fēi wén | n | sex scandal | |
| 18 | 肥皂 | féi zào | n | soap | |
| 19 | 废墟 | fèi xū | n | ruins | |
| 20 | 沸腾 | fèi téng | v,vn | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned | |
| 21 | 肥料 | féi liào | n | fertilizer; manure | |
| 22 | 飞跃 | fēi yuè | vn,v | to leap | |
| 23 | 废除 | fèi chú | v,vn | to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal | |
| 24 | 废品 | fèi pǐn | n | production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material | |
| 25 | 诽谤 | fěi bàng | v,vn | to slander; to libel | |
| 26 | 飞速 | fēi sù | d,a,b | swift; rapidly | |
| 27 | 费劲 | fèi jìn | a | to require effort; strenuous | |
| 28 | 匪徒 | fěi tú | n | gangster; bandit | |
| 29 | 沸沸扬扬 | fèi fèi yáng yáng | l | bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz | |
| 30 | 肥沃 | féi wò | a | fertile | |
| 31 | 废寝忘食 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | v | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work | |
| 32 | 非金属 | fēi jīn shǔ | n | nonmetal (chemistry) | |
| 33 | 飞禽走兽 | fēi qín zǒu shòu | l | birds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air |
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