非 fěi fēi

1. 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)
2. fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
   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 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
• 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
• 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

Also contained in

非易失性 、 韩非子 、 东非 、 萨非王朝 、 北非 、 西非 、 人非人 、 亚非语系 、 非想非非想处天 、 非行非坐三昧 、 非人 、 非行非坐 、 是法非法经 、 非身 、 非我 、 佛说时非时经 、 时非时经 、 非浊 、 防非止恶

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