fei1 joeng4飛揚飞扬
Jyutpingfei1 joeng4
Yalefēi yèuhng
Definition
To fly upward, rise, or float in the air; to be high-spirited and full of vigour.
- to fly upward, rise, or float in the air
- to be high-spirited, energetic, and full of vigour
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How it's used
Focuses on the visual or metaphorical sense of rising or spreading outward with energy. While it can describe physical objects like hair or flags moving in the wind, it is most frequently encountered in the idiom 神采飛揚 to describe someone looking particularly lively, confident, or glowing with health.
Examples
He looks so radiant and high-spirited today, did something good happen?
The flags are fluttering in the wind, it looks quite spectacular.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe literal flight or aviation, as it does not mean to fly like a bird or an airplane. It is strictly about floating, fluttering, or the outward expression of high spirits.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
