HSK 6 · Nature

肥沃 féiwò “fertile (of soil)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 肥沃 means

  1. fertile (of soil)
  2. fertile

How to say 肥沃

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale肥féi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale沃wò4th tone, falling

肥沃 in a sentence

  1. 他农场的土地十分肥沃。

    Tā nóngchǎng de tǔdì shífēn féiwò.

    The land on his farm is very fertile.

    Sentence #750615 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这里的土壤肥沃。

    Zhèlǐ de tǔrǎng féiwò.

    The soil here is fertile.

    Sentence #778745 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 肥沃 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 肥 (féi) with each of its parts in a different colour
肥féifat
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 巴to desire · bāSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 巴 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with féi.

The character 沃 (wò) with each of its parts in a different colour
沃wòfertile
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 夭young · yāoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 夭 (yāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with wò.

How to write 肥沃

肥 8 strokes · 沃 7 strokes

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肥沃 (féiwò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 肥沃 (féiwò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 肥沃

Words with 肥

减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight肥皂féizào · soap化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser

More words: Nature & Environment

泛滥fànlàn · to flood繁殖fánzhí · to breed飞禽走兽fēiqínzǒushòu · birds and beasts沸腾fèiténg · to boil飞翔fēixiáng · to fly风暴fēngbào · storm风光fēngguāng · scenery丰收fēngshōu · bumper harvest

FAQs

肥沃 (féiwò) means “fertile (of soil)” or “fertile”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it féiwò: féi with a 2nd tone, then wò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 肥沃 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feiwo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 肥沃 from the suggestions. Typing feiwo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
肥沃 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.