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

• 非高峰 off-peak
• 非同步传输模式(非同步傳輸模式) asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
• 是非 right and wrong ; a quarrel
• 胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
• 非规整(非規整) irregular; disordered
• 非直接 indirect
• 非欧几何学(非歐幾何學) non-Euclidean geometry
• 非零 nonzero
• 非自然 unnatural; occult
• 非异人任(非異人任) to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others
• 明辨是非 to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 非预谋(非預謀) unpremeditated
• 非动物性(非動物性) inanimacy
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that
• 非层岩(非層巖) unstratified rock
• 非金属(非金屬) nonmetal
• 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
• 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable; nothing blameworthy about it at all
• 非诚勿扰(非誠勿擾) Fei Cheng Wu Rao
• 非常 extraordinarily; very ; out of the ordinary; unusual
• 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
• 未可厚非 not to be censured too strictly; not altogether inexcusable; understandable
• 口是心非 duplicity; hypocrisy
• 非政府团体(非政府團體) Non-Governmental Organization
• 非相对论性(非相對論性) non-relativistic
• 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
• 非均质(非均質) inhomogeneous
• 非递推(非遞推) nonrecursive
• 非排他性 non-excludability
• 颠倒是非(顛倒是非) to invert right and wrong
• 苟非 whether or not
• 非赢利组织(非贏利組織) not-for-profit organization
• 非官方 unofficial
• 非危不战(非危不戰) do not fight unless it is critical
• 岂非(豈非) How could it be anything else?
• 南非兰特(南非蘭特) South African rand
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 非拉丁字符 non-Latin characters
• 非政府 non-governmental
• 积非胜是(積非勝是) accumulated wrongs outweigh rights
• 即非 although it is not the case that ...
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 非但 not only
• 非核化 denuclearization
• 非同凡响(非同凡響) out of the ordinary
• 非理 contrary to common sense ; immoral

Also contained in

非都会郡 、 东非 、 非时食 、 中非共和国 、 韩非子

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