飞 fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 飞 — to fly, to dart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
飞翔
fēixiáng
to fly; to soar
Characters in this word
翔 xiáng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 羽 — feather, plume
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 无人机在峡谷上空低速飞翔，实时监测山体滑坡的风险。 Wúrénjī zài xiágǔ shàngkōng dīsù fēixiáng, shíshí jiāncè shāntǐ huápō de fēngxiǎn. The drone flew slowly above the canyon, monitoring the risk of landslides in real time.
- 一群白鸽在广场上空自由地飞翔。 Yì qún báigē zài guǎngchǎng shàngkōng zìyóu de fēixiáng. A flock of white doves soars freely above the square.
- 我小时候总梦想着像小鸟一样飞翔。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhou zǒng mèngxiǎng zhe xiàng xiǎo niǎo yíyàng fēixiáng. As a child I always dreamed of flying like a little bird.
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
- 飞碟 fēidié flying saucer; UFO
- 飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu birds and beasts; all kinds of animals
- 飞跃 fēiyuè to leap; to make a great advance
- 窜 cuàn to flee; to dart; to scurry