Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

rich; luxurious; phenanthrene (chemical); Philippines

Chinese: 菲薄;也常见于菲律宾等音译词。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “fei” becomes a different word in each tone. 菲 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

  • 不菲bù fěiconsiderable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc)
  • 菲力fēi lìfillet (loanword)
  • 菲达fēi dá(loanword) feta (cheese)
  • 菲林fēi lín(dialect) film (loanword); roll of film
  • 菲菲fēi fēivery fragrant; luxurious; beautiful

Example Sentence

菲律宾是一个由许多岛屿组成的国家。Fēi lǜ bīn shì yí ge yóu xǔ duō dǎo yǔ zǔ chéng de guó jiā.The Philippines is a country made up of many islands.

菲律宾Fēi lǜ bīnthe Philippinesshìis一个yí geayóufrom许多xǔ duōmany岛屿dǎo yǔisland组成zǔ chéngto formdeof国家guó jiācountry