Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

bandit

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “fei” becomes a different word in each tone. 匪 is the 3rd 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

  • 匪徒fěi túgangster; bandit
  • 土匪tǔ fěibandit
  • 白匪bái fěiwhite bandit (i.e. Nationalist soldier)
  • 共匪gòng fěicommunist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))
  • 匪首fěi shǒubandit

Example Sentence

在故事里,警察终于抓住了那伙土匪。Zài gù shi lǐ, jǐng chá zhōng yú zhuā zhù le nà huǒ tǔ fěi.In the story, the police finally caught the gang of bandits.

Zàiat故事gù shiold practiceinside警察jǐng chápolice终于zhōng yúat last抓住zhuā zhùto grab hold ofle(completed action)thathuǒmeals (abbr. for 伙食)土匪tǔ fěibandit