Taxonomy of meanings for 飛:　　

  • fēi (OC: pɯl MC: pʷɨi) 甫微切 平 廣韻：【飛翔亦漢複姓史記有飛廉氏古通用蜚 】
    • FLY
      • viactto fly; fly along
      • vadNflying; floating
      • vadNN=nonrefflying 飛鳥
      • nabactflying
      • vadVin a flying mode, by way of flying
      • vadNcapable of flyingCH
      • viderivedblow along, waft (as a breeze)CH
      • viinchoativefly offCH
      • vifigurativefly off> lose touch with earthly basic realityCH
      • causative, figuratice: in all directions> SCATTER
        • viprocessget scattered
        • vadNcausativescatteringCH
      • result> HIGH
        • vadNhigh up in the air
        • generalised:as if flying on liquid> FLOAT
        • perfective> SUCCEED
          • vibecome a big success
          • salient feature> QUICK
            • vadNfleet, quick as if flying 飛駏
            • subjective:surprising> SUDDENLY
              • vadVall of a sudden; out of nothing
        • subject:flying> INSECT
          • v[adN]insect 榖之飛
          • salient feature> TENUOUS
            • vadNinsubstantial; unsubstantiated 蜚語, 飛語

      Additional information about 飛

      說文解字: 【飛】，鳥翥也。象形。凡飛之屬皆从飛。 【甫微切】

        Criteria
      • BIRD

        [[COMMON/RARE]]

        [COUNT/MASS]

        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

        [NON-REFERENTIAL/REFERENTIAL]

        1. Niǎo 鳥 is by far the most common word for any bird, and this word can refer to individual creatures.

        [COUNT], [GENERAL]; [[COMMON+]]

        3. Qín 禽 refers to a large bird, typically a bird of prey that one might hunt for, and the word is predominantly used as a mass noun. (But note that the word can also be used to refer to wild beasts rather than birds.)

        [MASS!], [SPECIFIC]

        3. Fēi niǎo 飛鳥 is the generic and non-referential term.

        [NON-REFERENTIAL]

        4. Yǔ niǎo 羽鳥 is a rather formal general term for birds of all kinds.

        [NON-REFERENTIAL]; [[RARE]]

      • FLY

        1. The dominant word in this group is fēi 飛 which usually refers to the flying in a certain direction.

        2. Áo xiáng 翱翔, yǐ nǐ 旖旎, fān 翻, fēn fēn 翂翂, zhì zhì 翐翐, and the rare nǐ 旎 are poetic words referring to the fluttering back and forth of birds, the latter mostly to the fluttering of a flag.

        3. 翔 refers to soaring high, according to learned commentators without much movement of the wings.

        4. Áo 翱 is to soar high, according to learned commentators fluttering back and forth.

        5. 翩 refers to short distance fluttering or flaying.

        6. Téng 騰 refers to the soaring high up into the sky, typically of big and impressive creatures like birds and dragons.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: (FLY)鳥/BIRD Niǎo 鳥 is by far the most common word for any bird, and this word can refer to individual creatures. [COUNT], [GENERAL]; [[COMMON+]]
      • Epithet: (FLY)龍/DRAGON
      • Oppos: (FLY)沉/SINK