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Meaning of 非

Pinyin fēi

Radical

非

Strokes

Definition

non- / not- / un-

Usage

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非 [fēi] 动 1. 不，不是 (no; not) 例如: 非凡 (extraordinary), 非法 (illegal), 非分 (unreasonable), 非礼 (improper), 非但 (not only), 非同小可 (not to be taken lightly), 啼笑皆非 (to be caught in absurd situations). 2. 不对，过失 (error; wrong) 例如: 痛改前非 (to sincerely repent), 文过饰非 (to embellish mistakes), 习非成是 (to become accustomed to wrong practices). 3. 与“不”呼应，表示必须 (must) 例如: 我非看这本书 (I must read this book). 4. 责怪，反对 (blame; censure; reproach) 例如: 非难 (blame), 非议 (censure), 无可厚非 (hard to criticize). 5. 指“阿非利加洲”，简称“非洲” (Africa). 例如: 东非 (East Africa), 西非 (West Africa). 名 1. 不对;错误 (error; wrong) 2. 疑惑烦恼的问题 (problem). 副 1. 相当于“不”、“不是” (no; not) 形 1. 不真实 (untruthful) 2. 邪，不正 (evil). 下文中详细解释和例句显示了“非”字在不同上下文中的使用，涵盖多种含义，包括责备、错误和必要性等。在古文中，此字也有权威的解释和引述，如《说文解字》及《礼记》等。

无可厚非 wú kě hòu fēi

see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]

啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears

非关税壁垒 fēi guān shuì bì lěi

non-tariff barrier

南非 Nán fēi

South Africa

非礼勿视 fēi lǐ wù shì

look at nothing that is not consistent with propriety / not to look at things which do not conform to the rites

孰是孰非 shú shì shú fēi

Who is right and who is wrong? / Which is right and which is wrong?

非常 fēi cháng

very / very much / unusual / extraordinary

非同寻常 fēi tóng xún cháng

extraordinary / quite something

岂非 qǐ fēi

wouldn't it be ... ?

并非 bìng fēi

really isn't

非正式 fēi zhèng shì

unofficial / informal

非此即彼 fēi cǐ jí bǐ

either this or that / one or the other

惹事生非 rě shì shēng fēi

variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]

惹是生非 rě shì shēng fēi

to stir up trouble

惹是非 rě shì fēi

to stir up trouble

或非 huò fēi

NOR

搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi

to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief

非农业 fēi nóng yè

non-agricultural

非凡 fēi fán

out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc)

热闹非凡 rè nào fēi fán

boisterous / bustling

非典 fēi diǎn

atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS

无非 wú fēi

only / nothing else

今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom) / times have changed

非晶态 fēi jīng tài

amorphous state

非歧视 fēi qí shì

non-discrimination

为非作歹 wéi fēi zuò dǎi

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages

非洲 Fēi zhōu

Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]

似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào

like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

似是而非 sì shì ér fēi

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

似懂非懂 sì dǒng fēi dǒng

to not really understand / to half-understand

非但 fēi dàn

not only

焉知非福 yān zhī fēi fú

Yan Zhi Fei Fu

非盈利 fēi yíng lì

non-profit

非晶硅 fēi jīng guī

A-Si(Amorphous Silicon) / noncrystalline silicon

来而不往非礼也 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind

答非所问 dá fēi suǒ wèn

(idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively

绝非 jué fēi

absolutely not

胡作非为 hú zuò fēi wéi

to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages

与非 yǔ fēi

NAND

莫非 mò fēi

can it be possible that / could it be

非同一般 fēi tóng yì bān

Extraordinary

若非 ruò fēi

were it not for / if not for

非诉讼 fēi sù sòng

non-lawsuit / non-litigation

谁是谁非 shéi shì shéi fēi

Who is right

非贸易 fēi mào yì

nontrade

明辨是非 míng biàn shì fēi

to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

非洲法郎 fēi zhōu fǎ láng

african franc

除非 chú fēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless

非法 fēi fǎ

illegal

是非 shì fēi

right and wrong / quarrel

北非 Běi Fēi

North Africa

非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě

extremely important / no small matter

非得 fēi děi

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

非线性 fēi xiàn xìng

nonlinear (math.)

东非 Dōng fēi

East Africa

韩非 Hán Fēi

Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3] (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi

to invert right and wrong