飞 fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 飞 — to fly, to dart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
飞碟
fēidié
flying saucer; UFO
Characters in this word
碟 dié
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- Made of
- 石 stone, rock, mineral 枼 table
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 所谓飞碟照片后来被证实只是镜头反光造成的错觉。 Suǒwèi fēidié zhàopiàn hòulái bèi zhèngshí zhǐ shì jìngtóu fǎnguāng zàochéng de cuòjué. The so-called UFO photograph was later proven to be merely an illusion caused by lens reflection.
- 他说昨晚在山上看见了一个会发光的飞碟。 Tā shuō zuówǎn zài shān shàng kànjiàn le yí gè huì fāguāng de fēidié. He said he saw a glowing flying saucer on the mountain last night.
- 孩子们把纸盘子当飞碟，在院子里扔来扔去。 Háizimen bǎ zhǐ pánzi dàng fēidié, zài yuànzi lǐ rēng lái rēng qù. The children pretended paper plates were flying saucers and tossed them around the yard.
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
- 飞速 fēisù at lightning speed, rapidly
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 飞船 fēichuán spacecraft; airship
- 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
- 碟 dié small plate; dish; disc