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非

fēi

HSK 5 Character

What 非 means

1. to not be; not
2. wrong; incorrect
3. non-; un-; in-; de-
4. to reproach; to blame
5. colloquialto insist on; simply must

Other readings

非 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Fēiabbr. for {非洲|Fēi zhōu}, Africa

Example sentences

• 非常冷。
  It's very cold.
• 非常好！
  Well done!
• 南非很远。
  Nánfēi hěn yuǎn.
  South Africa is far away.
• 物是人非。
  Wùshìrénfēi.
  Things are the same, but people have changed.
• 非常感谢！
  Thank you very much!
• 我非常胖。
  I'm very fat.

Words starting with 非

• 非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
• 非法fēi fǎillegal
• 非洲Fēi zhōuAfrica; abbr. for 阿非利加洲
• 非要fēi yàoto want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
• 非得fēi děi(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
• 非凡fēi fánout of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
• 非但fēi dànnot only
• 非人fēi réninhuman; (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
• 非正式fēi zhèng shìunofficial; informal
• 非政府fēi zhèng fǔnon-governmental
• 非礼fēi lǐimpolite; impropriety; to sexually harass
• 非议fēi yìto criticize
• 非暴力fēi bào lìnonviolent
• 非同寻常fēi tóng xún cháng(idiom) extraordinary
• 非同小可fēi tóng xiǎo kěextremely important; no small matter
• 非机动车fēi jī dòng chēnon-motorized vehicle
• 非正常fēi zhèng chángabnormal; irregular
• 非线性fēi xiàn xìngnonlinear (math.)
• 非洲人Fēi zhōu rénAfrican (person)
• 非营利fēi yíng lìnonprofit; not for profit
• 非官方fēi guān fāngunofficial
• 非分fēi fènimproper; presumptuous; assuming
• 非斯Fēi sīFes (third largest city of Morocco)
• 非特fēi tènot only

Words containing 非

• 除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that
• 并非bìng fēireally isn't
• 是非shì fēiright and wrong; quarrel
• 无非wú fēionly; nothing else
• 莫非mò fēican it be possible that; could it be
• 南非Nán fēiSouth Africa; Southern Africa
• 绝非jué fēiabsolutely not
• 面目全非miàn mù quán fēinothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
• 若非ruò fēiwere it not for; if not for
• 北非Běi FēiNorth Africa
• 啼笑皆非tí xiào jiē fēilit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears
• 想入非非xiǎng rù fēi fēito indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
• 似笑非笑sì xiào fēi xiàolike a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
• 岂非qǐ fēiwouldn't it be ... ?
• 似是而非sì shì ér fēiapparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
• 似懂非懂sì dǒng fēi dǒngto not really understand; to half-understand
• 胡作非为hú zuò fēi wéito run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
• 物是人非wù shì rén fēi(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
• 答非所问dá fēi suǒ wèn(idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
• 今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
• 无可非议wú kě fēi yìirreproachable (idiom); nothing blameworthy about it at all
• 西非Xī FēiWest Africa
• 口是心非kǒu shì xīn fēiduplicity; hypocrisy (idiom)
• 东非Dōng fēiEast Africa

Characters that look like 非

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 乖guāi(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd
• 沸fèito boil
• 咎jiùfault; to blame; to punish
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 骅huáchestnut horse

Sounds the same

Read fēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飞to fly
• 啡(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 菲luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 妃imperial concubine
• 绯dark red; purple silk
• 霏fall of snow
• 扉door with only one leaf
• 鲱Pacific herring
• 騑side horse (in a team of harnessed horses); horse
• 馡fragrant
• 䬠old variant of 霏