肥美

Chinese

		fat; fertile; loose-fitting	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (肥美)		肥	美
simp. #(肥美)		肥	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féiměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴ mei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-mî
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bui⁵ mui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féiměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féiměi
    • Wade–Giles: fei²-mei³
    • Yale: féi-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirmeei
    • Palladius: фэймэй (fɛjmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei⁴ mei⁵
    • Yale: fèih méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: piˇ mi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi² mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ mi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bui⁵ mui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pûi múi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mui⁵²/

Adjective

肥美

1. fertile; rich
2. luxuriant; exuberant; lush
3. strong and thriving; plump
4. fleshy and delicious

Synonyms

• (fertile):

• 富饒／富饶 (fùráo)
• 沃美 (wòměi) (literary)
• 沃腴 (wòyú) (literary)
• 肥沃 (féiwò)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 膏腴 (gāoyú) (literary)

 

• (luxuriant):

• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 繁茂 (fánmào)
• 芊綿／芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation)
• 茂 (literary, or in compounds)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
• 菶菶 (běngběng) (literary)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary)
• 豐茂／丰茂 (fēngmào)
• 趒 (Hokkien)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)

 

• (strong and thriving):

• 健壯／健壮 (jiànzhuàng)
• 健斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 健朗 (jiànlǎng)
• 健身 (Hokkien)
• 𠕇擢 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 勇健 (Hokkien)
• 勇壯／勇壮 (Hokkien, literary)
• 勇跤 (Hokkien)
• 堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
• 壯健／壮健 (zhuàngjiàn)
• 壯大／壮大 (zhuàngdà)
• 壯實／壮实 (zhuàngshi)
• 強健／强健 (qiángjiàn)
• 強勁／强劲 (qiángjìng)
• 強壯／强壮 (qiángzhuàng)
• 皮實／皮实 (píshi)
• 矯健／矫健 (jiǎojiàn)
• 矯捷／矫捷 (jiǎojié)
• 硬掙／硬挣 (Hokkien)
• 硬插 (Hokkien)
• 硬朗
• 硬程 (Hakka)
• 粗大 (cūdà)
• 精壯／精壮 (jīngzhuàng)
• 結實／结实
• 緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
• 肥壯／肥壮 (féizhuàng)
• 茁壯／茁壮 (zhuózhuàng)
• 鋼鐵／钢铁 (gāngtiě) (literary, figuratively)
• 雄健 (xióngjiàn)
• 雄強／雄强 (xióngqiáng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)