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并非

bìng fēi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 並非

并非 (bìng fēi) means "really isn't". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 并非 means

1. really isn't

The characters in 并非

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

Example sentences

• 她说她并非专家。
  She said that she's no expert.
• 这并非毫无用处。
  This isn't useless.
• 战争并非不可避免。
  Zhànzhēng bìngfēi bù kě bìmiǎn.
  War is not inevitable.
• 问人而知，并非过错。
  Wèn rén ér zhī, bìngfēi guòcuò.
  There is nothing wrong with knowledge obtained by asking.
• 我希望事情并非如此。
  I hope that is not the case.
• 你的状况并非毫无希望。
  Your situation isn't hopeless.

Where 并非 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · biǎo–bō (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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