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是非

shì fēi

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

是非 (shì fēi) means "right and wrong; quarrel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 是非 means

1. right and wrong
2. quarrel

The characters in 是非

• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

Example sentences

• 他是非不分。
  Tā shìfēi bù fēn.
  He makes no distinction between right and wrong.

Words starting with 是非

• 是非不分shì fēi bù fēnunable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 是非之地shì fēi zhī dìtrouble spot; sketchy area
• 是非分明shì fēi fēn míngto distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
• 是非自有公论shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùnto determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom)…
• 是非曲直shì fēi qū zhílit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits…
• 是非莫辨shì fēi mò biànunable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

Words containing 是非

• 挑拨是非tiǎo bō shì fēito incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales…
• 搬弄是非bān nòng shì fēito incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales…
• 颠倒是非diān dǎo shì fēi(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead
• 明辨是非míng biàn shì fēito distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 惹是非rě shì fēito stir up trouble
• 混淆是非hùn xiáo shì fēito confuse right and wrong (idiom)

Where 是非 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì fēi correctly.
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