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).

Contained in

• 非直接 indirect
• 非份 improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds
• 非排他性 non-excludability
• 非驴非马(非驢非馬) neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
• 撒哈拉以南非洲 sub-Saharan Africa
• 非线性(非線性) nonlinear
• 非词重复测验(非詞重復測驗) nonword repetition test
• 非营利(非營利) non-profit / not for profit
• 非自然 unnatural / occult
• 非动物性(非動物性) inanimacy
• 非党人士(非黨人士) non-party member
• 人非物换(人非物換) people and scenery change
• 非政府组织(非政府組織) non-governmental organization (NGO)
• 惹事生非 cause trouble and break the law
• 圣索非亚(聖索非亞) Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)
• 今非昔比 things are very different now / times have changed
• 非富即贵(非富即貴) wealthy and respectable people
• 非唯 to be not merely / to be not only
• 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable / nothing blameworthy about it at all
• 非动物性名词(非動物性名詞) inanimate noun
• 苏非主义(蘇非主義) Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
• 非核 non-nuclear
• 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
• 非同凡响(非同凡響) out of the ordinary
• 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
• 亚非拉(亞非拉) Asia, Africa and Latin America
• 非处方药(非處方藥) over-the-counter drug
• 非商业性(非商業性) non-commercial
• 非线性光学(非線性光學) nonlinear optics
• 非主谓句(非主謂句) a non subject-predicate sentence
• 安非他明 amphetamine
• 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.
• 非常多 much / very many
• 非法 illegal
• 非但 not only
• 非死不可 Facebook
• 非诚勿扰(非誠勿擾) Fei Cheng Wu Rao
• 为非作歹(為非作歹) to break the law and commit evil
• 韩非(韓非) Han Fei
• 非独(非獨) not only / not merely
• 是非分明 to distinguish right from wrong
• 非亲非故(非親非故) neither a relative nor a friend / unrelated to one another in any way
• 非分之念 improper idea
• 死于非命(死於非命) violent death / to die an unnatural death

Also contained in

非行非坐 、 周去非 、 非洲人国民大会 、 一色一香无非中道 、 不非时食 、 非有 、 非洲联盟

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