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飛: to fly

By March 25, 2014January 28th, 2021Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

飛 fēi

verb | radical 183
: to fly

Kun Reading

飛ぶ | とぶ tobu

Godan verb with bu ending | intransitive verb
: to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
: to fly; to soar

飛ばす | とばす tobasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch
: to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
: to run or drive fast; to gallop
: to spread a rumor; to tell a story
: to remove; to get rid of; to transfer
: to attack; to jeer at

飛び | とび tobi

noun
: flying; leaping; flight; leap
: (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh
: flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

On Reading

飛 | ひ hi

noun
: rook (shogi) > 飛車 | ひしゃ hisha

 Usage:

飛船 fei1chuan2: airship; blimp
飛舟 fei1zhou1: speed boat
飛機 [飞机] fei1ji1: airplane
[飛行機 | ひこうき hikouki]

飛機場 [飞机场] fei1ji1 chang3: airport; (slang) flat chested
放飛機 fang4 fei1 ji1: to ditch somebody (slang)
打飛機 da3 fei1 ji1: to masturbate (slang)

飛行 fei1xing2: (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
[ひこう hikou: aviation; to take flight]
飛翔 fei1xiang2: to circle in the air; to soar
[ひしょう hishou: flight]
飛彈 fei1dan4: missile
飛吻 fei1wen3: to blow a kiss; flying kiss
起飛 qi3fei1: (aircraft) to take off
試飛[试飞] shi4fei1: flight-test



Japanese common word | expression | idiom
[飛語 | ひご higo: baseless rumor; gossip; false report] 廢話 fei4hua4: nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don’t say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

流言飛語 | りゅうげんひご ryuugenhigo
: false (wild, groundless) rumor; canard

首が飛ぶ | くびがとぶ kubi ga tobu
: to be sacked; to be dismissed (off with the head!)

飛耳長目 | ひじちょうもく hiji chou moku
: sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge

冗談を飛ばす | じょうだんをとばす joudan o tobasu
: to crack a joke; to tell a joke

目が飛び出る | めがとびでる me ga tobideru
: to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing

飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず | とぶとりあとをにごさず tobu tori ato o nigosazu
: it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order

飛んで火に入る夏の虫 | とんでひにいるなつのむし tonde hi ni iru natsu no mushi
: rushing to one’s doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame



Chinese expression | idiom
飛輪海 [飞轮海] fei1 lun2 hai3: Fahrenheit, Taiwan boy group

比翼雙飛 [双飞] bi3 yi4 shuang1 fei1
: lit. a pair of birds flying close together: fig. two hearts beating as one
: name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish

笨鳥先飛 [笨鸟先飞] ben4 niao3 xian1 fei1
: lit. the clumsy bird flies early: fig. to work hard to compensate for one’s limited abilities

遠走高飛 [远走高飞] yuan3 zou3 gao1 fei1
: to run far and fly high: to leave in a hurry for a distance place

魂飛魄散 hun2 fei1 po4 san4
: lit. the soul flies away and scatters: fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one’s mind; terror-stricken

 Etymology:

形声 Pictophonetic.
Picture of a bird or a bird ascending 升 (sheng1: to ascend/rise)
via its wings 飞 (fei1: to fly)

簡體 Simplified.
飞. Created as unique simplification #63 (飛 » 飞) via omission of part of the traditional character.

“To Fly” radical #183

 Music:

造飛機 Made Plane – Danson Tang 唐禹哲

作詞:蕭良政、夏木
作曲:吳開芽、伊恩森

造飛機 造飛機 來到青草地
我們說好分開多遠都要再見
回到舊日的山丘看一看從前陽光還是燦爛的夏天
照出淚光閃閃的笑臉
滿天烏雲漸漸不見的畫面
彷彿是畫出了美好的明天就算遇到傷心在眼前
也要努力把夢想實現
造飛機 造飛機 曾經歡笑青草地有過放手飛翔的自由
才有回來重逢的時候飛上去 飛上去 飛到藍天白雲裡
風中張開啟程的雙手 帶著祝福 我們一直 往前走
陽光還是燦爛的夏天 照出淚光閃閃的笑臉
就算遇到傷心在眼前 也要努力把夢想實現

credit: Danson Tang 唐禹哲

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary