非
fēi
HSK level: HSK 7–9
Meaning
to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
Other reading: Fēi
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
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Examples
他的发音远非完美。
tā de fā yīn yuǎn fēi wán měi。
His pronunciation is far from perfect.
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
bīng dòng sān chǐ， fēi yī rì zhī hán。
Rome wasn't built in a day.
虽然正在下雪，但是我也非去不可。
suī rán zhèng zài xià xuě， dàn shì wǒ yě fēi qù bù kě。
Although it is snowing, I must go.
Words with this character
非常 fēi cháng very并非 bìng fēi really isn't非法 fēi fǎ illegal除非 chú fēi only if是非 shì fēi right and wrong非凡 fēi fán out of the ordinary非得 fēi děi must莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that无非 wú fēi only面目全非 miàn mù quán fēi nothing remains the same无可厚非 wú kě hòu fēi see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]似是而非 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong非金属 fēi jīn shǔ nonmetal非洲 Fēi zhōu Africa非常感谢 fēi cháng gǎn xiè extremely grateful南非 Nán fēi South Africa中非 Zhōng Fēi China-Africa是非不分 shì fēi bù fēn unable to distinguish right and wrong物是人非 wù shì rén fēi the place is unchanged, but the faces are different北非 Běi Fēi North Africa东非 Dōng fēi East Africa非盟 Fēi Méng African Union非斯 Fēi sī Fes