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肥 féi fat

fat; plump; fertile

How to remember 肥: 月 meat + 巴 wait for = fat. Every evening the cat watches the meat on the counter and loves to wait for scraps, which is why he is so fat.

  • 1,620. most frequent character
  • HSK 5
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 肉

Component breakdown

肥 = 月 meat + 巴 wait for

  • 月 meat
  • 巴 wait for
The Gushi story

Every evening the cat watches the meat on the counter and loves to wait for scraps, which is why he is so fat.

How it is used

  • Adjective "fat, plump", but modern usage mostly reserves it for animals, food, and land: 肥肉 (féiròu, fatty meat), 肥沃 (féiwò, fertile soil).
  • Calling a person 肥 directly can sound clinical or rude - the normal word for "a person is fat" is 胖 (pàng).
  • Learner trap: 减肥 (jiǎnféi, to diet/lose weight) is a fixed expression that does use 肥 even though it's about people, so don't over-generalize from it.

Words with 肥

Example sentences

  • 你用什么方法减肥？ Nǐ yòng shénme fāngfǎ jiǎnféi?What method are you using to lose weight?
  • 运动减肥的效果很好。 Yùndòng jiǎnféi de xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.Doing exercise is an effective way to lose weight.