非 fēi

1. fēi adverb not; non-; un-
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   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)
2. fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. fēi adjective wrong; bad; untruthful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1)
4. fēi adjective different
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. fēi proper noun Africa
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2)
8. fēi verb to slander
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2)
9. fěi verb to avoid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi)
10. fēi verb must
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense.
11. fēi noun an error
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1)
12. fēi noun a problem; a question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense.
13. fēi noun evil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1)
14. fēi preposition besides; except; unless
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    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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• 非拉丁字符 non-Latin characters
• 若非 were it not for; if not for
• 非层岩(非層巖) unstratified rock
• 人非物换(人非物換) people and scenery change
• 非遗传多型性(非遺傳多型性) polyphenism
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 搬弄是非 to incite a quarrel; to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
• 是非问题(是非問題) a question of right and wrong
• 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
• 非洲裔美国人(非洲裔美國人) an African American
• 明辨是非 to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 知非 to acknowledge a mistake
• 非一 not unified; not the same
• 惹是生非 to stir up trouble
• 非裔 of African descent
• 非均质(非均質) inhomogeneous
• 非欧几何学(非歐幾何學) non-Euclidean geometry
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒(冰凍三尺，非一日之寒) three feet of ice does not form in a single day; Rome wasn't built in a day
• 布氏非鲫(布氏非鯽) zebra tilapia; Tilapia buttikoferi
• 今非昔比 things are very different now ; times have changed
• 非高峰 off-peak
• 惹事生非 cause trouble and break the law
• 非核 non-nuclear
• 双非(雙非) a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens
• 非你莫属(非你莫屬) it's yours exclusively; you are the one; only you deserve it; only you can do it
• 非盈利组织(非盈利組織) nonprofit organization
• 非利士 Philistine
• 非正统(非正統) unorthodox
• 非异人任(非異人任) to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others
• 塞翁失马安知非福(塞翁失馬安知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 若要人不知，除非己莫为(若要人不知，除非己莫為) If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it . If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
• 非主谓句(非主謂句) a non subject-predicate sentence
• 非写实(非寫實) nonrepresentational
• 非此即彼 either this or that; one or the other
• 非羁押性(非羈押性) noncustodial (sentence)
• 非一日之功 cannot be done in one day; will take much time and effort to accomplish
• 口是心非 duplicity; hypocrisy
• 积非成是(積非成是) a wrong repeated becomes right; a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
• 莫非 must be
• 非正数(非正數) a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
• 非法 illegal

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