飞 — to fly
- Pinyin
- fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 飞: 3 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 飞 in the HSK syllabus: 13
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 飞机fēijīairplaneHSK 1
- 飞fēito flyHSK 2
- 起飞qǐfēito take off; to lift offHSK 3
- 飞行fēixíngto fly; flying; flight; aviationHSK 5
- 飞行员fēixíngyuánpilot; aviatorHSK 5
- 放飞fàngfēito allow to flyHSK 6
- 飞速fēisùswift; rapidlyHSK 6
- 不翼而飞búyì’érfēito disappear without traceHSK 7–9
- 飞船fēichuánspaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airshipHSK 7–9
- 飞碟fēidiéflying saucer; frisbeeHSK 7–9
- 飞禽走兽fēiqín-zǒushòubirds and animalsHSK 7–9
- 飞翔fēixiángto circle in the air; to soarHSK 7–9
- 飞跃fēiyuèto leapHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.