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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• 非导体(非導體) nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)
• 积非胜是(積非勝是) accumulated wrongs outweigh rights
• 是非分明 to distinguish right from wrong
• 非正式 unofficial; informal
• 非宗教 secular (society); non-religious (party)
• 非遗传多型性(非遺傳多型性) polyphenism
• 非典型肺炎 atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
• 岂非(豈非) How could it be anything else?
• 非党(非黨) non-party
• 非洲锥虫病(非洲錐蟲病) sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
• 非对称(非對稱) asymmetric
• 明辨是非 to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 非条件反射(非條件反射) unconditioned reflex (physiology)
• 非处方药(非處方藥) over-the-counter drug
• 非必要 inessential; unnecessary
• 颠倒是非(顛倒是非) to invert right and wrong
• 非物质文化遗产(非物質文化遺產) (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
• 非政府组织(非政府組織) non-governmental organization (NGO)
• 是古非今 the old [way] is true, new is false
• 非难(非難) to reproof; to blame
• 非层状(非層狀) unstratified
• 远非如此(遠非如此) far from it being so
• 官非 lawsuit (from Cantonese)
• 无可非议(無可非議) irreproachable; nothing blameworthy about it at all
• 韩非(韓非) Han Fei
• 齐大非偶(齊大非偶) too rich to be a good match (in marriage)
• 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)
• 非利士 Philistine
• 非理 contrary to common sense ; immoral
• 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑(人非生而知之者，孰能無惑) Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
• 亚非拉(亞非拉) Asia, Africa and Latin America
• 非危不战(非危不戰) do not fight unless it is critical
• 非利不动(非利不動) do not move unless it is to your advantage
• 非礼(非禮) rudeness; insolence; impropriety; harassment; molestation; indecent assault
• 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
• 胡作非为(胡作非為) to run amok
• 招非 to bring disaster upon oneself
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 口是心非 duplicity; hypocrisy
• 物是人非 things have remained the same, but people have changed
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
• 东非共同体(東非共同體) East African Community
• 非洲人 African (person)
• 非吸烟(非吸煙) nonsmoking
• 非线性光学(非線性光學) nonlinear optics
• 非人化 dehumanization
• 非一日之功 cannot be done in one day; will take much time and effort to accomplish

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