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
- 非动物性(非動物性) inanimacy
- 非政府 non-governmental
- 颠倒是非(顛倒是非) to invert right and wrong
- 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
- 非洲锥虫病(非洲錐蟲病) sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
- 齐大非偶(齊大非偶) too rich to be a good match (in marriage)
- 撩是生非 to stir up trouble; to provoke angry exchange
- 口是心非 duplicity; hypocrisy
- 绝非(絕非) to be less than
- 苏非主义(蘇非主義) Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
- 单非(單非) a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
- 布氏非鲫(布氏非鯽) zebra tilapia; Tilapia buttikoferi
- 非裔 of African descent
- 非利士 Philistine
- 非相对论性(非相對論性) non-relativistic
- 惹是非 to stir up trouble
- 非音 (ling) unstressed (syllable)
- 非异人任(非異人任) to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others
- 非暴力 nonviolent
- 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
- 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 非条件反射(非條件反射) unconditioned reflex (physiology)
- 若非 were it not for; if not for
- 非亲非故(非親非故) neither a relative nor a friend; unrelated to one another in any way
- 非洲 Africa
- 非正统(非正統) unorthodox
- 惹事生非 cause trouble and break the law
- 非礼(非禮) rudeness; insolence; impropriety; harassment; molestation; indecent assault
- 为非作歹(為非作歹) to break the law and commit evil
- 物是人非 things have remained the same, but people have changed
- 是非曲直 right and wrong, crooked and straight
- 非吸烟(非吸煙) nonsmoking
- 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
- 寻事生非(尋事生非) to look for trouble
- 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
- 非均质(非均質) inhomogeneous
- 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
- 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable; nothing blameworthy about it at all
- 非一日之功 cannot be done in one day; will take much time and effort to accomplish
- 非同小可 extremely important; no small matter
- 非小说(非小說) non-fiction
- 非词重复测验(非詞重復測驗) nonword repetition test
- 非得 must
- 非遗传多型性(非遺傳多型性) polyphenism
- 非特 not only
Also contained in
非洲人国民大会 、 圣大非 、 非模态 、 萨非王朝 、 阿非利加 、 非时食
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 63
- 卷三百六十二 列傳第一百二十一 朱勝非 呂頤浩 范宗尹 范致虛 呂好問 Volume 362 Biographies 121: Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin, Fan Zhixu, Lu Haowen History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 55
- 卷十一 齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 54
- 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 52
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 51
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 50
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 50
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 49
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 49