飞 fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 飞 — to fly, to dart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
飞速
fēisù
at lightning speed, rapidly
Characters in this word
速 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 数字技术飞速发展，迫使传统行业重新调整商业模式。 Shùzì jìshù fēisù fāzhǎn, pòshǐ chuántǒng hángyè chóngxīn tiáozhěng shāngyè móshì. Digital technology is developing rapidly, forcing traditional industries to readjust their business models.
- 这座城市的交通在短短几年里飞速改善。 Zhè zuò chéngshì de jiāotōng zài duǎn duǎn jǐ nián lǐ fēisù gǎishàn. Transport in this city has improved rapidly in just a few years.
- 时间飞速过去，转眼就到了暑假。 Shíjiān fēisù guòqù, zhuǎnyǎn jiù dào le shǔjià. Time flew by, and before we knew it the summer holiday had arrived.
Related words
- 飞 fēi to fly
- 飞机 fēijī airplane
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 飞行 fēixíng to fly
- 放飞 fàngfēi to fly freely
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 飞船 fēichuán spacecraft; airship
- 飞碟 fēidié flying saucer; UFO
- 飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu birds and beasts; all kinds of animals
- 飞翔 fēixiáng to fly; to soar
- 飞跃 fēiyuè to leap; to make a great advance
- 高速 gāosù high-speed