非 fēi fěi
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adverb
not / non- / un-
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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) -
noun
Kangxi radical 175
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: Not (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
adjective
wrong / bad / untruthful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '非' adj 1) -
adjective
different
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不同的 (Guoyu '非' adj 2) -
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) -
verb
to violate / to be contrary to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 反对 (Guoyu '非' v 2) -
proper noun
Africa
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Abbreviation for 非洲 (Guoyu '非' n 2) -
verb
to slander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 诽 or 诋毁 in this sense (Guoyu '非' v 2) -
verb
to avoid
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 诽谤 (Guoyu '非' fěi) -
verb
must
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 必须 in this sense. -
noun
an error
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 错误 in this sense (Guoyu '非' 1) -
noun
a problem / a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 问题 in this sense. -
noun
evil
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 恶行 in this sense (Guoyu '非' n 1) -
preposition
besides / except / unless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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
- 非常 extraordinarily / very ; out of the ordinary / unusual ; impermanent / transient
- 人非人 kijnara / human or non-human being
- 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
- 非行非坐三昧 Non-Walking and Non-Sitting Samadhi / non-walking, non-sitting samadhi
- 非人 a non-human
- 非行非坐 neither walking, nor sitting
- 是法非法经(是法非法經) Shi Fa Fei Fa Jing / Sappurisasutta
- 非身 selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
- 非我 selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
- 佛说时非时经(佛說時非時經) Fo Shuo Shi Feishi Jing
- 时非时经(時非時經) Shi Feishi Jing
- 非浊(非濁) Fei Zhuo
Also contained in
非洲 、 除非 、 非法 、 并非 、 非政府组织 、 非盈利 、 招非 、 非凡 、 是非 、 非易失性 、 似是而非 、 似笑非笑 、 无非 、 韩非子 、 韩非 、 非营利 、 胡作非为 、 非正统 、 非主谓句 、 面目全非 、 非理 、 绝非 、 东非 、 萨非王朝 、 北非 、 西非 、 亚非语系 、 非时 、 若非 、 非议 、 非唯 、 非但 、 非难 、 非意识 、 周去非 、 非洲裔美国人 、 非常高 、 非法移民 、 非商业性
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 595 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 902
- 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: 888
- Scroll 93 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 844
- Scroll 92 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 840
- Scroll 292 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 810
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 743
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 《成唯識論述記》 — count: 682
- Scroll 21 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 《舍利弗阿毘曇論》 — count: 626
- Scroll 72 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 624