蜚 (fēi): to fly (classical, same as 飞)

Meanings

1 to fly (classical, same as 飞)
2 to spread (of rumors, in 流言蜚语)

Characters

蜚

fēi

to fly; to spread (rumors)

Examples

公司里流言蜚语满天飞。

Gōngsī lǐ liúyánfēiyǔ mǎntiānfēi.

All sorts of rumors and slander spread through the company.

这位学者蜚声学界。

Zhè wèi xuézhě fēi shēng xuéjiè.

This scholar is renowned throughout the academic world.

Tips

usage

Read fēi, 蜚 is an old form of 飞 (to fly). It survives in 流言蜚语 (rumors and slander) and 蜚声 (to be famous).

Components

radical

虫 chóng

insect

The insect radical at the bottom. The character originally named a flying pest, which is why a word now used for flying and spreading rumors still carries the bug radical.

phonetic

非 fēi

not; wrong

The top element supplies the sound: standalone 非 is fēi and 蜚 keeps it exactly. The not meaning does not enter the word, only the reading.

Stroke Order

蜚 fēi

Related Words

蜚声世界 fēishēng-shìjiè

famous throughout the world / world-renowned

流言蜚语 liúyán-fēiyǔ #14,403

rumors and slanders / gossip / lies and slanders

蜚蠊 fěilián

cockroach (formal/scientific term)

飞过 fēiguò #7,310

to fly over; to fly past

铺 pū HSK 6 #4,969

to spread; to lay out / to pave; to lay (a road, cable, floor) / to make (a bed); to spread (bedding)

同一个 tóngyīgè #4,074

the same / one and the same

飞越 fēiyuè #9,550

to fly over; to fly across / to soar over; to leap across

同一 tóngyī HSK 6 #5,902

identical; the same / same; unified

飞行 fēixíng HSK 3 #2,324

to fly / flight / aviation

飞往 fēiwǎng HSK 7-9 #6,038

to fly to / to depart by air for