Meaning
to fly
Chinese: 飞行、快速移动。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fei” becomes a different word in each tone. 飞 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 飞机fēi jīairplane
- 起飞qǐ fēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
- 飞行fēi xíng(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
- 飞行员fēi xíng yuánpilot; aviator
- 飞船fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airship
Example Sentence
一群大雁向南飞去。Yì qún dà yàn xiàng nán fēi qù.A flock of wild geese flew south.
一Yìone群qúngroup大雁dà yànwild goose向xiàngtoward南nánsouth飞fēito fly去qùto go。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a bird soaring, with a wing and trailing feathers. Simplified from 飛, which showed both wings. It means ‘to fly’.
A way to remember it
A wing sweeping up with feathers streaming — to fly.
Easy to confuse with
- 习‘To practise’: a single wing-like hook too, but with a small stroke inside and no feathers.