沸 (fai3 | fei4) : boil, bubble

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沸

fai3

fei4

boil, boiling; bubble

[粵]boil: 滾

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

沸

This word has been viewed 2932 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Jan 2014 18:05

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沸騰 fai3 tang4 fei4 teng2 = boiling; seethe with excitement

沸點 fai3 dim2 fei4 dian3 = boiling point

沸騰點 fai3 tang4 dim2 fei4 teng2 dian3 = boiling point

人聲鼎沸 jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3 ren2 sheng1 ding3 fei4 = a babel of voices; a hubbub of loud voices

民怨沸騰 man4 jyun3 fai1 tang4 min2 yuan4 fei4 teng2 = resentment and discontent boils up among the masses

沸石 fai3 sek6 fei4 shi2 = anti-bumping stones

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Decimal representation of this word: 沸
Unicode code for this character: U+6cb8 (off-site link)

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