fēi

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Definitions

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

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閒人無樂趣,忙人無是
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Words Containing 非

并非
bìng fēi

really isn't

似是而非
sì shì ér fēi

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)

是非
shì fēi

right and wrong

无可厚非
wú kě hòu fēi

see 未可厚非[wèi kě hòu fēi]

无非
wú fēi

only

莫非
mò fēi

can it be possible that

除非
chú fēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

非凡
fēi fán

out of the ordinary

非常
fēi cháng

very; really

非得
fēi děi

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

非法
fēi fǎ

illegal

面目全非
miàn mù quán fēi

nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition

不到长城非好汉
bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn

lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

中非
zhōng fēi

China-Africa (relations)

中非共和国
zhōng fēi gòng hé guó

Central African Republic

亚非拉
yà fēi lā

Asia, Africa and Latin America

人非生而知之者,孰能无惑
rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom)

似懂非懂
sì dǒng fēi dǒng

to not really understand

似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào

like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

来而不往非礼也
lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)

伦敦大学亚非学院
lún dūn dà xué yà fēi xué yuàn

London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

北非
běi fēi

North Africa

南非
nán fēi

South Africa

南非茶
nán fēi chá

rooibos tea

南非语
nán fēi yǔ

Afrikaans (language)

口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi

duplicity

啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

单非
dān fēi

a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen

塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

安非他命
ān fēi tā mìng

amphetamine (medical) (loanword)

安非他明
ān fēi tā míng

amphetamine (loanword)

官非
guān fēi

lawsuit (from Cantonese)

寻事生非
xún shì shēng fēi

to look for trouble

布氏非鲫
bù shì fēi jì

zebra tilapia

情非得已
qíng fēi dé yǐ

compelled by the circumstances (to do sth)

想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi

to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild

惹是生非
rě shì shēng fēi

to stir up trouble

惹是非
rě shì fēi

to stir up trouble

所言非虚
suǒ yán fēi xū

(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true

挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi

to make mischief

扫黄打非
sǎo huáng dǎ fēi

to eradicate pornography and illegal publications

搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi

to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people

撒哈拉以南非洲
sā hā lā yǐ nán fēi zhōu

sub-Saharan Africa

撩是生非
liáo shì shēng fēi

to stir up trouble

文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi

(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash

明辨是非
míng biàn shì fēi

to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

是非不分
shì fēi bù fēn

unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

是非之地
shì fēi zhī dì

trouble spot

是非分明
shì fēi fēn míng

to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)

是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí

lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits

是非自有公论
shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn

to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom)

是非莫辨
shì fēi mò biàn

unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

有仇不报非君子
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ

a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

有仇不报非君子,有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén

one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)

未可厚非
wèi kě hòu fēi

not to be censured too strictly (idiom)

李格非
lǐ gé fēi

Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照

东非
dōng fēi

East Africa

东非共同体
dōng fēi gòng tóng tǐ

East African Community

东非大地堑
dōng fēi dà dì qiàn

Great East African rift valley

东非大裂谷
dōng fēi dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

此言非虚
cǐ yán fēi xū

that is true

死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng

violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster

混淆是非
hùn xiáo shì fēi

to confuse right and wrong (idiom)

为非作歹
wéi fēi zuò dǎi

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor

无事献殷勤,非奸即盗
wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào

one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)

无事生非
wú shì shēng fēi

to make trouble out of nothing

无可非议
wú kě fēi yì

irreproachable (idiom)

物是人非
wù shì rén fēi

things have remained the same, but people have changed

甲基安非他命
jiǎ jī ān fēi tā mìng

methamphetamine

痛改前非
tòng gǎi qián fēi

completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf

积非成是
jī fēi chéng shì

a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth

答非所问
dá fēi suǒ wèn

(idiom) to sidestep the question

索非亚
suǒ fēi yà

Sofia, capital of Bulgaria

绝非
jué fēi

absolutely not

圣大非
shèng dà fēi

Santa Fe

圣索非亚
shèng suǒ fēi yà

Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)

圣索非亚大教堂
shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng

Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)

胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi

to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages

若要人不知,除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

若非
ruò fēi

were it not for

莫达非尼
mò dá fēi ní

modafinil (loanword)

萨非王朝
sà fēi wáng cháo

Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722

苏非主义
sū fēi zhǔ yì

Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)

西地那非
xī dì nà fēi

sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)

西非
xī fēi

West Africa

岂非
qǐ fēi

wouldn't it be ... ?

远非如此
yuǎn fēi rú cǐ

far from it being so (idiom)

金钱非万能
jīn qián fēi wàn néng

money is not omnipotent

阿非利加
ā fēi lì jiā

Africa

双非
shuāng fēi

a couple where both spouses are not Hong Kong citizens

非一日之功
fēi yī rì zhī gōng

lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom)

非主流
fēi zhǔ liú

alternative

非人
fēi rén

(literary) not the right person

非人化
fēi rén huà

dehumanization

非份
fēi fèn

improper

非但
fēi dàn

not only

非你莫属
fēi nǐ mò shǔ

it's yours exclusively (idiom)

非公式
fēi gōng shì

unofficial; informal

非典
fēi diǎn

atypical pneumonia

非典型肺炎
fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán

atypical pneumonia

非分
fēi fèn

improper

非分之念
fēi fèn zhī niàn

improper idea

非利士人
fēi lì shì rén

the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC

非利士地
fēi lì shì dì

Philistia, aka the Land of the Philistines

非动物性
fēi dòng wù xìng

inanimacy

非动物性名词
fēi dòng wù xìng míng cí

inanimate noun

非同凡响
fēi tóng fán xiǎng

out of the ordinary

非同小可
fēi tóng xiǎo kě

extremely important

非同步
fēi tóng bù

asynchronous

非同步传输模式
fēi tóng bù chuán shū mó shì

asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)

非同质化代币
fēi tóng zhì huà dài bì

non-fungible token (NFT)

非吸烟
fēi xī yān

nonsmoking

非命
fēi mìng

violent death

非国大
fēi guó dà

African National Congress, ANC

非国家行为体
fēi guó jiā xíng wéi tǐ

non-state actor

非均质
fēi jūn zhì

inhomogeneous

非婚生
fēi hūn shēng

born out of wedlock

非婚生子女
fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ

an illegitimate child

非宗教
fēi zōng jiào

secular (society)

非官方
fēi guān fāng

unofficial

非富则贵
fēi fù zé guì

see 非富即貴|非富即贵[fēi fù jí guì]

非富即贵
fēi fù jí guì

wealthy and respectable people

非写实
fēi xiě shí

nonrepresentational

非对称
fēi duì chèn

asymmetric

非对称式数据用户线
fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

非导体
fēi dǎo tǐ

nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc)

非小说
fēi xiǎo shuō

non-fiction

非层岩
fēi céng yán

unstratified rock

非层状
fēi céng zhuàng

unstratified

非峰值
fēi fēng zhí

off-peak

非常多
fēi cháng duō

much

非常感谢
fēi cháng gǎn xiè

extremely grateful; very thankful

非常手段
fēi cháng shǒu duàn

an emergency measure

非平衡
fēi píng héng

non-equilibrium

非平衡态
fēi píng héng tài

unbalance

非微扰
fēi wēi rǎo

non-perturbative (physics)

非必要
fēi bì yào

inessential

非必需
fēi bì xū

inessential

非拉丁字符
fēi lā dīng zì fú

non-Latin characters

非政府
fēi zhèng fǔ

non-governmental

非政府组织
fēi zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī

non-governmental organization (NGO)

非数字
fēi shù zì

non-numeric

非斯
fēi sī

Fes (third largest city of Morocco)

非暴力
fēi bào lì

nonviolent

非核
fēi hé

non-nuclear

非核化
fēi hé huà

denuclearization

非核国家
fēi hé guó jiā

non-nuclear country

非核地带
fēi hé dì dài

nuclear-free zone

非核武器国家
fēi hé wǔ qì guó jiā

non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)

非条件反射
fēi tiáo jiàn fǎn shè

unconditioned reflex (physiology)

非杠杆化
fēi gàng gǎn huà

deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

非标准
fēi biāo zhǔn

nonstandard

非模态
fēi mó tài

modeless (computing)

非机动车
fēi jī dòng chē

non-motorized vehicle

非欧几何
fēi ōu jǐ hé

non-Euclidean geometry

非欧几何学
fēi ōu jǐ hé xué

non-Euclidean geometry

非正常
fēi zhèng cháng

abnormal

非正式
fēi zhèng shì

unofficial; informal

非正数
fēi zhèng shù

a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)

非此即彼
fēi cǐ jí bǐ

either this or that

非死不可
fēi sǐ bù kě

Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading \you must die\)

非洲
fēi zhōu

Africa

非洲之角
fēi zhōu zhī jiǎo

Horn of Africa

非洲人
fēi zhōu rén

African (person)

非洲人国民大会
fēi zhōu rén guó mín dà huì

African National Congress, ANC

非洲单源说
fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō

single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)

非洲大裂谷
fēi zhōu dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

非洲界
fēi zhōu jiè

Afrotropical realm

非洲统一组织
fēi zhōu tǒng yī zǔ zhī

Organization of African Unity

非洲联盟
fēi zhōu lián méng

African Union

非洲锥虫病
fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng

sleeping sickness

非洲开发银行
fēi zhōu kāi fā yín háng

African Development Bank

非营利
fēi yíng lì

nonprofit

非营利组织
fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī

nonprofit organization

非物质文化遗产
fēi wù zhì wén huà yí chǎn

(UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage

非特
fēi tè

not only

非独
fēi dú

not only

非独立
fēi dú lì

dependent

非异人任
fēi yì rén rèn

to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)

非盈利
fēi yíng lì

nonprofit

非盈利的组织
fēi yíng lì de zǔ zhī

nonprofit organization

非盈利组织
fēi yíng lì zǔ zhī

nonprofit organization

非直接
fēi zhí jiē

indirect

非相对论性
fēi xiāng duì lùn xìng

non-relativistic (physics)

非礼
fēi lǐ

rudeness

非空
fēi kōng

nonempty (set)

非线性
fēi xiàn xìng

nonlinear (math.)

非线性光学
fēi xiàn xìng guāng xué

nonlinear optics (physics)

非羁押性
fēi jī yā xìng

noncustodial (sentence)

非自然
fēi zì rán

unnatural

非致命
fēi zhì mìng

not fatal

非处
fēi chǔ

unmarried woman who is not a virgin

非处方药
fēi chǔ fāng yào

over-the-counter drug

非裔
fēi yì

of African descent

非要
fēi yào

to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)

非规整
fēi guī zhěng

irregular; disordered

非亲非故
fēi qīn fēi gù

lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)