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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• 死于非命(死於非命) violent death; to die an unnatural death
• 非峰值 off-peak
• 是非之地 trouble spot; sketchy area
• 非正数(非正數) a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
• 圣索非亚大教堂(聖索非亞大教堂) Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
• 非洲锥虫病(非洲錐蟲病) sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
• 非高峰 off-peak
• 混淆是非 to confuse right and wrong
• 非利士族 Philistine
• 非常 extraordinarily; very ; out of the ordinary; unusual ; impermanent; transient
• 非独(非獨) not only; not merely
• 非核 non-nuclear
• 布氏非鲫(布氏非鯽) zebra tilapia; Tilapia buttikoferi
• 非宗教 secular (society); non-religious (party)
• 非盈利的组织(非盈利的組織) nonprofit organization
• 未可厚非 not to be censured too strictly; not altogether inexcusable; understandable
• 非富即贵(非富即貴) wealthy and respectable people
• 非吸烟(非吸煙) nonsmoking
• 非洲之角 Horn of Africa
• 非但 not only
• 非营利组织(非營利組織) nonprofit organization
• 非排他性 non-excludability
• 非杠杆化(非槓桿化) deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 非预谋(非預謀) unpremeditated
• 非要 to want absolutely; to insist on (doing something)
• 痛改前非 completely correcting one's former misdeeds; to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
• 非洲裔美国人(非洲裔美國人) an African American
• 非平衡 non-equilibrium; disequilibrium; unbalance
• 非必需 inessential
• 非官方 unofficial
• 非核国家(非核國家) non-nuclear country
• 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
• 答非所问(答非所問) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
• 非层岩(非層巖) unstratified rock
• 非此即彼 either this or that; one or the other
• 非负数(非負數) a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 无事生非(無事生非) to make trouble out of nothing
• 是非分明 to distinguish right from wrong

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李格非 、 萨非王朝 、 非时食 、 防非止恶 、 非军事区 、 韩非子 、 非都会郡 、 非有非空门 、 非斯 、 非洲联盟 、 北非

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