Chinese symbol for “considerable”
不菲
bù fěi
(of a price, expense, income etc.) considerable; substantial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for considerable is 不菲 (bù fěi), defined as: (of a price, expense, income etc.) considerable; substantial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “considerable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可观 (可觀) | kě guān | worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant |
| 实质性 (實質性) | shí zhì xìng | substantive; substantial |
| 甚巨 (甚鉅) | shèn jù | (usu. of an adverse effect) immense; considerable; substantial |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不菲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 菲力 | fēi lì | fillet (loanword) |
| 菲菲 | fēi fēi | very fragrant; luxurious |
| 菲林 | fēi lín | (dialect) film (loanword); roll of film |
See also: Japanese symbol for “considerable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.