fēi

HSK 4

非 (fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-”.

Meanings

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

Related words

非常very; really除非only if (..., or otherwise, ...)非abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非法illegal并非really isn't非洲Africa非得(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must非凡out of the ordinary是非right and wrong南非South Africa非正式unofficial; informal莫非can it be possible that

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