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霏: fall of snow (or rain)

By January 4, 2016March 11th, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

霏 fēi


: fall of snow (or rain)

Kun Reading

霏 | もや moya


: falling rain or snow

On Reading

ヒ hi

 Usage:

霏细岩 fei1 xi4 yan2: felsyte
噶霏 ga2 fei1: old transliteration of coffee, now 咖啡



Chinese expression
細[细]雨霏霏 xi4yu3 fei1 fei1: light snowfall

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
雨 (yu3: rain radical 173) suggests the meaning while
(fei1: not; negative; non-; oppose) provides the sound.



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary