Chinese Notes

非 fēi fěi

fēi adverb not / non- / un-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 不; the pattern 非…不… is a pattern of double negation commonly used to emphasize a point (Guoyu '非' adv)
fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
fēi adjective wrong / bad / untruthful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1)
fēi adjective different
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2)
fēi verb to not be / to not have
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Negative copula used in noun predication in literary Chinese, in the sense of 不是 (Guoyu '非' v 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 106). For example, 非我也，歲也。'It is not owing to me; it is owing to the year.' (Mengzi 1.3/2/8, translation by Legge)
fēi verb to violate / to be contrary to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 反对 (Guoyu '非' v 2)
fēi proper noun Africa
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2)
fēi verb to slander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2)
fěi verb to avoid
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi)
fēi verb must
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense.
fēi noun an error
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1)
fēi noun a problem / a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense.
fēi noun evil
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1)
fēi preposition besides / except / unless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: Synonymous with 除了 in this sense. 非 in this sense acts in a subordinating function in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 154).

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非洲 Africa
非常 extraordinarily / very ; out of the ordinary / unusual ; impermanent / transient
除非 only if / only when / only in the case that
非法 illegal
并非(並非) really is not
非政府组织(非政府組織) non-governmental organization (NGO)
非盈利 non-profit
招非 to bring disaster upon oneself
非凡 out of the ordinary / unusual
非_不可 you must
是非 right and wrong ; a quarrel
似是而非 specious / seemingly so but not so
似笑非笑 a faint smile / seemingly smiling but not smiling
无非(無非) nothing but
韩非(韓非) Han Fei
非营利(非營利) non-profit / not for profit
胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
非正统(非正統) unorthodox
非主谓句(非主謂句) a non subject-predicate sentence
面目全非 nothing remains the same / change beyond recognition ; appearance totally different to the original
非理 contrary to common sense ; immoral
绝非(絕非) to be less than
东非(東非) East Africa
北非 North Africa
西非 West Africa
非时(非時) untimely / at an unusual time / out of season ; the period of time from the afternoon to the early hours of the morning
若非 were it not for / if not for
非议(非議) to criticize
非唯 to be not merely / to be not only
非但 not only
非难(非難) to reproof / to blame
非意识(非意識) nonconscious
非洲裔美国人(非洲裔美國人) an African American
非常高 extremely high
非法移民 an illegal immigrant
非商业性(非商業性) non-commercial
中非 Central African Republic ; Central African ; China-Africa (relations)

Also contained in

非易失性、韩非子、萨非王朝、人非人、亚非语系、非想非非想处天、非行非坐三昧、非人、阿非利加、阿非利加洲、非行非坐、周去非、是法非法经、非身

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