非 fēi
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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) -
fēi
noun
Kangxi radical 175
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
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
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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