肥

肥 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月日山 (BAU), four-corner 7721₇, composition ⿰月巴(GJKV) or ⿰⺼巴(HT))

• 𭵀

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 974, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29290
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2055, character 1
• Unihan data for U+80A5

Historical forms of the character 肥
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Shuowen Jiezi: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 肉 (“meat”) + 卪 (“person kneeling”). Ji Xusheng (2004) posits that its actually a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯl) : semantic 肉 + abbreviated phonetic 妃 (OC *pʰɯːls, *pʰɯl).

STEDT provisionally assigns this to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bu ~ bur.

肥

1. fat; plump; obese (adjective)

   農場裡的小豬長得肥肥的，好可愛。 [MSC, trad.]
   农场里的小猪长得肥肥的，好可爱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nóngchǎng lǐ de xiǎozhū zhǎng de féiféi de, hǎo kě'ài.

   The pigs in the farm are quite plump, very cute.

   一時嫌人肥，一時嫌人瘦，都唔知點好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一时嫌人肥，一时嫌人瘦，都唔知点好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ si⁴ jim⁴ jan⁴ fei⁴, jat¹ si⁴ jim⁴ jan⁴ sau³, dou¹ m⁴ zi¹ dim² hou².

   Sometimes, I'm criticized for being fat, while other times, I'm criticized for being skinny. I don't know what to do.

2. fat; fatness (noun)

   減肥／减肥  ―  jiǎnféi  ―  to lose weight

3. fertile
4. fertiliser

   化肥  ―  huàféi  ―  chemical fertilizer

   氮肥  ―  dànféi  ―  nitrogenous fertilizer

   施肥  ―  shīféi  ―  to apply fertilizer

   • 只要土在肥就在 / 一袋能頂兩袋 [MSC, trad.]
     只要土在肥就在 / 一袋能顶两袋 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2000s, 美国·圣地亚戈, an advertisement of the product 金氮丹

     zhǐyào tǔ zài féi jiù zài  /  yī dài néng dǐng liǎng dài

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (usually derogatory) benefit; advantage; gain

• In northern varieties, including Standard Mandarin, 肥 (féi) is usually used for animals, and people are described as 胖 (pàng). This distinction is not seen in southern varieties, such as Cantonese, Hakka, and Min.

• (fat):

• (benefit):

• (antonym(s) of “fat”): 瘦 (shòu, “skinny”)

• → Proto-Tai: *bwiːᴬ (“fat”)
  • Thai: พี (pii)
  • Zhuang: biz
• → Thai: ปุ๋ย (bpǔi, “fertilizer”)

Shortened from 肥佬 (fei4 lou2), from English fail.

肥

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fail (a test)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fail (someone) in a test

• “肥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. fat, plump
2. productive, fertile

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: こやし (koyashi, 肥やし, Jōyō)、こえ (koe, 肥, Jōyō)、こえる (koeru, 肥える, Jōyō)、こやす (koyasu, 肥やす, Jōyō)、ふとる (futoru, 肥る)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

肥(こえ) • (koe) 

1. manure, fertilizer, dung

• 肥(ひ)瘠(せき) (hiseki)
• 肥(ひ)大(だい) (hidai)
• 肥(ひ)満(まん) (himan)
• 肥(ひ)沃(よく) (hiyoku)
• 肥(ひ)料(りょう) (hiryō)
• 肥(こえ)溜(だ)め (koedame)
• 堆(たい)肥(ひ) (taihi)

肥 • (bi) (hangeul 비)

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肥: Hán Nôm readings: phì, phè, phề

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肥

1. Sawndip form of feiz (“fire”)