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phi

See also: Phi, PHI, phỉ, phị, phî, and -phi

phi - Translingual

Symbol

phi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Philippine languages.

phi - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /faɪ/
  • IPA: /fiː/

Noun

phi (plural phis)

  1. Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".
  2. (mathematics) The golden ratio.
  3. A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.

Translations

  • Arabic: فَاي‎ m (fay)
  • Catalan: fi (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 弗愛／弗爱 (zh), 佛爱 (fú'ài), 斐 (zh) (fěi)
  • Czech: fí n
  • Dutch: phi (nl) m or f
  • Esperanto: fio (eo)
  • Finnish: fii (fi)
  • French: phi (fr) m
  • German: Phi (de) n
  • Greek: φι (el) n (fi)
  • Hebrew: פִי‎ (he) f (fi)
  • Hungarian: fi (hu)
  • Interlingua: phi
  • Irish: fí f
  • Japanese: ファイ (fai), フィ (fi), ピー (pī)
  • Korean: 피 (ko) (pi)
  • Macedonian: фи n (fi)
  • Malay: fi
  • Persian: فی‎ (fa) (fi)
  • Polish: fi (pl) n, phi (pl) n
  • Portuguese: fi (pt) m
  • Romanian: fi (ro)
  • Russian: фи (ru) n (fi)
  • Slovak: fí n
  • Spanish: fi (es) f

Anagrams

phi - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fi/

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

phi - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpi/
  • Hyphenation: phì

Noun

phi m (invariable)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

phi - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pxi/
  • Syllabification: phi

Interjection

phi

  1. huh, pooh used to express dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fi/
  • Syllabification: phi

Noun

phi n (indeclinable)

  1. phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

phi - Portuguese

Noun

phi m (invariable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of fi (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

phi - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

phi

  1. (of a horse) to gallop
    • Ngựa phi.
      • The horse gallops.
  2. to flee; to travel very quickly
    • Phi nhanh về nhà kẻo tối.
      • Hurry home before it gets dark.
  3. to lance (to throw in the manner of a lance)
    • phi dao găm
      • to throw a dagger

Derived terms

Prefix

phi (非)

  1. non-, in-
    • phi (chính) nghĩa
      • unjust; for an unjustifiable cause
    • phi phàm
      • inhuman; extraordinary

Derived terms

  • gian phi
  • phi chính nghĩa
  • phi chính phủ (“non-governmental”)
  • phi chính trị
  • phi đạo đức
  • phi giai cấp
  • phi giáo hội
  • phi lộ
  • phi lợi nhuận (“non-profit”)
  • phi lý, phi lí
  • phi mậu dịch
  • phi nghĩa (“unjust”)
  • phi nhân
  • phi ngã
  • phi phàm
  • phi pháp
  • phi phù trí quỷ
  • phi quân sự
  • phi quân sự hóa, phi quân sự hoá
  • phi sản xuất
  • phi tang
  • phi thời gian
  • phi thực dân hóa, phi thực dân hoá
  • phi thực tại
  • phi thường
  • phi thương bất phú
  • phi trọng lượng
  • phi vi
  • phi vô sản
  • phi vô sản hóa, phi vô sản hoá
  • phi vụ
  • tái ông thất mã, yên tri phi phúc
  • thị phi
  • trừ phi

Conjunction

phi

  1. if it isn't
    • Phi anh ấy, không ai biết.
      • If it isn't him, then who knows?

Verb

phi

  1. to stir-fry (an onion, scallion, or clove of garlic) before preparing a dish

Noun

(classifier con) phi

  1. Various species of saltwater clam of the genus Sanguinolaria, such as Sanguinolaria diphos and Sanguinolaria planculata.

Noun

phi

  1. phi (Φ)

Noun

(classifier bà) phi

  1. concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.
    • các bà phi trong cung
      • the palace concubines
  1. wives, consorts of a junior monarch such as a prince.
    • vương phi, vương tử phi, hoàng tử phi
      • the queen consort, the royal princess consort, the imperial princess consort

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ái phi
  • cung phi
  • phi hậu
  • phi tần
  • quý phi, quí phi
  • thứ phi

Romanization

phi

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妃
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 痱
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 不
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 霏
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 髬
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 腓
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 斐
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 丕
  9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蜚
  10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 披
  11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
  12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
  13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
  14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
  15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
  16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
  17. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
  18. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
  19. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸

Derived terms

phi - Zulu

Adjective

-phi?

  1. which

Inflection

Enumerative concord, tone H
Meaning and Definition of phi
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