飛

Han character

飛 (Kangxi radical 183, 飛+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人竹廿人 (NOHTO), four-corner 1241₃, composition ⿻𠃧⿰⿱丿丿丨)

1. Kangxi radical #183, ⾶.

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 飛, Shang ...

Historical forms of the character 飛
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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Pictogram (象形): a bird flying upwards.

In its modern form, resembles a tasseled 升 (shēng).

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bjar ~ *p(i/u)r (“to fly”) → Tibetan འཕུར ('phur), Burmese ပျံ (pyam, “to fly”).
• Proto-Mon-Khmer *par (“to fly”) → Old Mon ပဝ် (pɔ); Proto-Vietic *pər (“to fly”), whereas Vietnamese bay.

Cognate with Old Chinese 翂 (*pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”) and Old Chinese 奮 (*pɯns, “spread wings and fly”).

“fare”

From English fare. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

“femto-”

Borrowed from English femto-.

Pronunciation

Definitions

飛

1. (intransitive, of insects, birds, etc.) to fly

   • 鳥，吾知其能飛；魚，吾知其能游；獸，吾知其能走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟，吾知其能飞；鱼，吾知其能游；兽，吾知其能走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Niǎo, wú zhī qí néng fēi; yú, wú zhī qí néng yóu; shòu, wú zhī qí néng zǒu. [Pinyin]

     Birds—I know they can fly; fish—I know they can swim; beasts—I know they can run.

2. (intransitive) to fly (on an aircraft)

   我聽日飛。／我听日飞。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ ting¹ jat⁶ fei¹. [Jyutping]  ―  I am flying [on an airplane] tomorrow.

3. (transitive) to fly (on an aircraft) to

   我明天飛臺北。／我明天飞台北。  ―  Wǒ míngtiān fēi Táiběi.  ―  I am flying to Taipei [on an airplane] tomorrow.

4. to float in the sky; to hover

   漫天飛雪／漫天飞雪  ―  màntiān fēi xuě  ―  it’s snowing all over

   六月飛霜／六月飞霜  ―  liùyuè fēi shuāng  ―  it’s frosting throughout June

   • 秋風起兮白雲飛，草木黃落兮雁南歸。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秋风起兮白云飞，草木黄落兮雁南归。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 2nd century BCE, Liu Che, 秋風辭

     Qiūfēng qǐ xī báiyún fēi, cǎomù huángluò xī yàn nán guī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1998, “飛在風中的小雨”‎performed by 伍佰:

     飛在風中的小雨　夜夜在我的窗前　怨這條愛情路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     飞在风中的小雨　夜夜在我的窗前　怨这条爱情路 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     poe tī hong tiong ê sió-hō͘, iā-iā tī góa ê thang chêng, oàn chit tiâu ài-chêng lō͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. to volatilize
6. fast; rapid; swiftly

   飛奔／飞奔  ―  fēibēn  ―  to dash

   飛漲／飞涨  ―  fēizhàng  ―  to soar

7. very; extremely
8. groundless; unfounded

   流言飛語／流言飞语  ―  liúyánfēiyǔ  ―  rumor and slander; gossip

9. unexpected; accidental

   飛禍／飞祸  ―  fēihuò  ―  unexpected disaster

10. (Cantonese) to remove
11. (Cantonese) to skip; to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation

    考嗰陣，見到有題目唔識做就飛咗佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    考嗰阵，见到有题目唔识做就飞咗佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    haau² go² zan⁶, gin³ dou^3-2 jau⁵ tai⁴ muk⁶ m⁴ sik¹ zou⁶ zau⁶ fei¹ zo² keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

    In the exam, when you see questions that you don't know, skip them.

12. (Cantonese) to dump; to end a romantic relationship with

    啱啱我畀我條女飛咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    啱啱我畀我条女飞咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ngaam¹ ngaam¹ ngo⁵ bei² ngo⁵ tiu⁴ neoi⁵ fei¹ zo². [Jyutping]

    I just got dumped by my girlfriend.

13. (Cantonese) ticket; fare (Classifier: 張／张 c)

    車飛／车飞 [Cantonese]  ―  ce¹ fei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  bus or train ticket

    戲飛／戏飞 [Cantonese]  ―  hei³ fei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  movie ticket

    你買咗飛未？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你买咗飞未？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ maai⁵ zo² fei¹ mei⁶? [Jyutping]

    Have you bought a ticket?

    • 2012 September 8, “金山客 CH04 甜酸骨與洗衣店” (6m36s from the start), in 華人移民史‎, RTHK:

      「你冇飛嚟，你冇衫囉。」 [Taishanese, trad.]
      「你冇飞嚟，你冇衫啰。」 [Taishanese, simp.]

      [translit?] [Wiktionary]

      You can't get your clothes without your ticket.

14. (Cantonese) Classifier for cigarettes.
    • 1999, “屋村仔 Part 1”‎performed by LMF:

      仲有三分鐘 就零晨四點鐘 剩返幾飛煙 個身仲有D凍 [Cantonese, trad.]
      仲有三分钟 就零晨四点钟 剩返几飞烟 个身仲有D冻 [Cantonese, simp.]

      zung⁶ jau⁵ saam¹ fan¹ zung¹ zau⁶ ling⁴ san⁴ sei³ dim² zung¹ zing⁶ faan¹ gei² fei¹ jin¹ go³ san¹ zung⁶ jau⁵ di¹ dung³ [Jyutping]

      still three more minutes remaining, until it's four o'clock in the morning / left with a couple of cigarettes, and my body is even a tad freezing

15. (mahjong) Classifier for number of possible winning tiles.
16. (Cantonese, by extension) Classifier for number of possible choices.
17. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fizzle out; to fail; to fall through
18. femto- (SI unit prefix)

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