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).

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• 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
• 苏非主义(蘇非主義) Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
• 非暴力 nonviolent
• 非危不战(非危不戰) do not fight unless it is critical
• 非关税壁垒(非關稅壁壘) non-tariff barriers to trade
• 即非 although it is not the case that ...
• 非音 (ling) unstressed (syllable)
• 是非不分 to not distinguish true from false
• 岂非(豈非) How could it be anything else?
• 非诚勿扰(非誠勿擾) Fei Cheng Wu Rao
• 安非他命 amphetamine
• 非小说(非小說) non-fiction
• 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
• 非正统(非正統) unorthodox
• 非欧几何学(非歐幾何學) non-Euclidean geometry
• 混淆是非 to confuse right and wrong
• 来而不往非礼也(來而不往非禮也) not to reciprocate is against etiquette; to respond in kind
• 非政府团体(非政府團體) Non-Governmental Organization
• 非分 improper; presumptuous; assuming; overstepping one's bounds
• 亚非拉(亞非拉) Asia, Africa and Latin America
• 非盈利组织(非盈利組織) nonprofit organization
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 非洲人 African (person)
• 非核化 denuclearization
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
• 非杠杆化(非槓桿化) deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
• 非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人(有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人) one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man
• 非命 violent death; killed in a disaster
• 东非共同体(東非共同體) East African Community
• 非正数(非正數) a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
• 非羁押性(非羈押性) noncustodial (sentence)
• 非利不动(非利不動) do not move unless it is to your advantage
• 非典 atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
• 南非语(南非語) Afrikaans
• 非一日之功 cannot be done in one day; will take much time and effort to accomplish
• 人非物换(人非物換) people and scenery change
• 非洲之角 Horn of Africa
• 非盟 African Union (AU)
• 是非之地 trouble spot; sketchy area
• 非必要 inessential; unnecessary
• 非利士族 Philistine
• 非导体(非導體) nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 非异人任(非異人任) to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others
• 是非莫辨 unable to distinguish right and wrong
• 挑拨是非(挑撥是非) to incite a quarrel; to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
• 除非 only if; only when; only in the case that

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• 卷五　Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — 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
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 49
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 49