Chinese symbol for “fat”
肥
féi
fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fat is 肥 (féi), defined as: fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胖 | pàng | fat; plump |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) |
| 肥胖 | féi pàng | fat; obese |
| 脂 | zhī | fat; rouge (cosmetics) |
| 肥肉 | féi ròu | fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 减肥 (減肥) | jiǎn féi | to lose weight |
| 肥料 | féi liào | fertilizer |
| 肥胖 | féi pàng | fat; obese |
| 化肥 | huà féi | chemical fertilizer |
| 肥皂 | féi zào | soap; 块 (kuài),条 (tiáo) |
| 肥沃 | féi wò | fertile |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fat”.
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.