非 fēi

1. fēi adverb not; non-; un-
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 不; the pattern 非…不… is a pattern of double negation commonly used to emphasize a point (Guoyu '非' adv)
2. fēi noun Kangxi radical 175
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. fēi adjective wrong; bad; untruthful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1)
4. fēi adjective different
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2)
5. fēi verb to not be; to not have
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Negative copula used in noun predication in literary Chinese, in the sense of 不是 (Guoyu '非' v 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 106). For example, 非我也，歲也。'It is not owing to me; it is owing to the year.' (Mengzi 1.3/2/8, translation by Legge)
6. fēi verb to violate; to be contrary to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 反对 (Guoyu '非' v 2)
7. fēi proper noun Africa
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2)
8. fēi verb to slander
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2)
9. fěi verb to avoid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi)
10. fēi verb must
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense.
11. fēi noun an error
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1)
12. fēi noun a problem; a question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense.
13. fēi noun evil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1)
14. fēi preposition besides; except; unless
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Synonymous with 除了 in this sense. 非 in this sense acts in a subordinating function in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 154).

Contained in

• 不非时食(不非時食) no eating at inappropriate times
• 昨非今是 Correct Yesterday's Mistakes
• 非想非非想处天(非想非非想處天) Naiva-samjnanasamjnayatana Heaven; Naiva-sajjnanasajjnayatana; The Heaven of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought
• 非生非灭(非生非滅) neither produced nor extinguished
• 道外无言方是道 心中有事便非心(道外無言方是道 心中有事便非心) The true Way is a wordless response outside of the Way; Not the true mind is a mind that carries matters within.
• 山中日月自来去 天际浮云无是非(山中日月自來去 天際浮雲無是非) The sun and moon come and go naturally and freely in the mountains; The depth of the sky is perceived only on a cloudless day.
• 非常 extraordinarily; very ; out of the ordinary; unusual ; impermanent; transient
• 悟彻我身原是梦 谁知此境亦非真(悟徹我身原是夢 誰知此境亦非真) Awaken to the fact that this body is but a dream; Who is to know that nothing now is real either.
• 如来涅槃证，非造亦不殊(如來涅槃證，非造亦不殊) Tathāgata realizedd Nirvāṇa, which is not created and not different

Also contained in

胡作非为 、 若非 、 痛改前非 、 非党人士 、 塞翁失马焉知非福 、 非盈利组织 、 非商业性 、 非洲人 、 死于非命 、 积非成是 、 官非 、 面目全非 、 是非之地 、 非常高 、 西非 、 绝非 、 非典 、 安非他命 、 非同步 、 非典型肺炎 、 亚非语系 、 为非作歹 、 非正经 、 非均质 、 非动物性名词 、 似是而非 、 挑拨是非 、 惹事生非 、 非同小可 、 非危不战 、 东非 、 寻事生非 、 非议 、 非导体 、 非致命 、 颠倒是非 、 非洲大裂谷 、 非礼 、 非平衡态 、 非必需 、 非诚勿扰 、 非党

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• Scroll 595 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 902 , has parallel version
• Scroll 25 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 898
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 865
• Scroll 93 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 844 , has parallel version
• Scroll 92 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 840 , has parallel version
• Scroll 292 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 810 , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 740
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 671
• Scroll 72 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 624 , has parallel version
• Scroll 21 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 609