fèi
noun HSK 6 #3,702

Meanings

  1. 1 lung; lungs

Characters

Examples

Xīyān duì fèi yǒu hěn dà de shānghài.
Smoking causes great harm to the lungs.
Tā dé le fèiyán.
He got pneumonia.
Shēn hūxī duì fèi hěn hǎo.
Deep breathing is good for the lungs.
Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā de fèibù.
The doctor examined his lungs.

Tips

usage
Medical compounds: 肺炎 (fèiyán, pneumonia), 肺癌 (fèi'ái, lung cancer), 肺部 (fèibù, lung area/region), (fèihuóliàng, lung capacity). The idiom 肺腑 (fèifǔ zhī yán) means 'words from the bottom of one's heart.'

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