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飛
简 飞 · 繁 飛Mandarin · pinyin fēi
Meanings
- to fly
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fei1
Cantonese word readings for 飛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (intransitive, of insects, birds, etc.) to fly
- (intransitive) to fly (on an aircraft)
- (transitive) to fly (on an aircraft) to
- to float in the sky; to hover
- to volatilize
- fast; rapid; swiftly
- very; extremely
- groundless; unfounded
- unexpected; accidental
- (Cantonese) to remove
- (Cantonese) to skip; to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation
- (Cantonese) to dump; to end a romantic relationship with
- (Cantonese) ticket; fare (Classifier: 張／张 c)
- (Cantonese) Classifier for cigarettes.
- (mahjong) Classifier for number of possible winning tiles.
- (Cantonese, by extension) Classifier for number of possible choices.
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fizzle out; to fail; to fall through
- femto- (SI unit prefix)
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