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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

All 33 words

#WordPinyinPOSMeaningStudy list
1飞fēiv,g,vnto fly
2非fēibto not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
3费fèin,v,nrto cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
4非法fēi fǎb,dillegal
5肥féin,a,vfat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
6肺fèinlung
7飞船fēi chuánnspaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airship
8废fèig,vto abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste
9飞行员fēi xíng yuánnpilot; aviator
10废话fèi huànnonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
11废物fèi wùnrubbish; waste material; useless person
12非凡fēi fánzout of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
13非得fēi děid(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
14飞往fēi wǎngvGo to
15肥胖féi pànga,anfat; obese
16飞翔fēi xiángv,vnto circle in the air; to soar
17绯闻fēi wénnsex scandal
18肥皂féi zàonsoap
19废墟fèi xūnruins
20沸腾fèi téngv,vn(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
21肥料féi liàonfertilizer; manure
22飞跃fēi yuèvn,vto leap
23废除fèi chúv,vnto abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
24废品fèi pǐnnproduction rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material
25诽谤fěi bàngv,vnto slander; to libel
26飞速fēi sùd,a,bswift; rapidly
27费劲fèi jìnato require effort; strenuous
28匪徒fěi túngangster; bandit
29沸沸扬扬fèi fèi yáng yánglbubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz
30肥沃féi wòafertile
31废寝忘食fèi qǐn wàng shívto 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 shǔnnonmetal (chemistry)
33飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòulbirds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air

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