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蜚

fēi / fěi
verb #51,539

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 6
公司里流言蜚语满天飞。
Gōngsī lǐ liúyán-fēiyǔ mǎntiānfēi.
All sorts of rumors and slander spread through the company.
HSK 7-9
这位学者蜚声学界。
Zhè wèi xuézhě fēishēng 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