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féi = f + ei2
fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
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How to pronounce 肥

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei2 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

肥 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= b + a1
Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan
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= b + a1
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
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yuè = yu + e4
moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
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Characters with 肥 as component

féi = f + ei2
name of a river
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fèi = f + ei4
(literary) to violate (a moral code)
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Words with 肥

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to lose weight
soap / CL:塊|块[kuai4],條|条[tiao2]
fat / obese

Sentences with 肥

肥 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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féi

fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure

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