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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Fei

  • 飛to fly; swift
  • 菲fragrant; luxuriant
  • 霏falling of snow and rain
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
F
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin), Cantonese
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters飛菲霏
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Fei in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Fei is a Chinese name syllable from Mandarin and Cantonese; the character 飛 means 'to fly; swift', but the meaning depends on the character chosen.

Possible characters for Fei

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) and Cantonese romanization.

  • 飛

    to fly; swift

    Mandarin fēi / Cantonese fei1

    attested

  • 菲

    fragrant; luxuriant

    Mandarin fēi / Cantonese fei1

  • 霏

    falling of snow and rain

    Mandarin fēi / Cantonese fei1

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Fei

Fei is a syllable in Chinese names, usually spelled from the Mandarin fēi and Cantonese fei1 reading. The character 飛 ('to fly; swift') is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. Other characters with a matching reading include 菲 ('fragrant; luxuriant') and 霏 ('falling of snow and rain'). The actual meaning depends on the character the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin), Cantonese

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Fei

Sources

  1. MDBG: 飛 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 飛 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. MDBG: 菲 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 菲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 霏 · mdbg.net · meaning
  6. Wiktionary: 霏 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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