Pinyin "fei3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "fei3" is split up into two parts: "f" and "ei3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "f"

F is for Frankenstein's Monster.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ei3"

In the Eiffel Tower's living room.

Characters pronounced fei3


= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is regularly slandering (诽) around by posting negatives (非) on the advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3).
bandit / (literary) not

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) caught a bandit (匪) in a metal box (匚) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). Right now he is busy analyzing the negatives (非) of all the surveillance cameras while the bandit is waiting in the metal box.
poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old)

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) processed a bunch of negatives (非) to obtain phenanthrene (菲) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) but failed. His solution is very impure. Instead of artificial lawn (艹) it smells like radish (菲), and so Frankenstein's Monster knows his solution is unworthy (菲).
phonetic fei or fi / elegant / phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
Torreya nucifera / strengthen
(literary) (of the crescent moon) to begin to shine
to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to