飛

简 飞 · 繁 飛
Mandarin · pinyin fēi

Meanings

  1. to fly
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飞
fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 飛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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  1. (intransitive, of insects, birds, etc.) to fly
  2. (intransitive) to fly (on an aircraft)
  3. (transitive) to fly (on an aircraft) to
  4. to float in the sky; to hover
  5. to volatilize
  6. fast; rapid; swiftly
  7. very; extremely
  8. groundless; unfounded
  9. unexpected; accidental
  10. (Cantonese) to remove
  11. (Cantonese) to skip; to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation
  12. (Cantonese) to dump; to end a romantic relationship with
  13. (Cantonese) ticket; fare (Classifier: 張/张 c)
  14. (Cantonese) Classifier for cigarettes.
  15. (mahjong) Classifier for number of possible winning tiles.
  16. (Cantonese, by extension) Classifier for number of possible choices.
  17. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fizzle out; to fail; to fall through
  18. femto- (SI unit prefix)

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