沸
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to boil
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
bring to a boil · Heisig RSH #2277
水 water + dollar sign
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 沸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热血沸腾 | (idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passio… | |
| 人声鼎沸 | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha | |
| 以汤沃沸 | to manage a situation badly (idiom) | |
| 沸水 | boiling water | |
| 民怨沸腾 | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over | |
| 沸石 | zeolite | |
| 沸点 | boiling point | |
| 民怨鼎沸 | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over | |
| 沸沸扬扬 | bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz | |
| 沸腾 | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned | |
| 滚沸 | (of a liquid) to boil | |
| 鼎沸 | a confused noise; a racket | |
| 煮沸 | to boil |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 弗 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弗 sound part | not, negative | |
| 费 | expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful | |
| 佛 | Buddha; Buddhist | |
| 氟 | fluorine | |
| 拂 | to shake off, to brush away; dust | |
| 怫 | anxious; depressed; sorry | |
| 狒 | baboon | |
| 绋 | thick rope; the rope around a bier | |
| 砩 | to build a dam with rocks | |
| 茀 | weeds; overgrowth | |
| 艴 | angry, showing emotion on one's face |