fēi

not, negative, non-; oppose

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DEFINITIONS

非 fēi
  • abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
  • to not be
  • not
  • wrong
  • incorrect
  • non-
  • un-
  • in-
  • to reproach or blame
  • (colloquial) to insist on
  • simply must

STROKES

WORDS

他明 ān fēi tā míng amphetamine (loanword)
惹是生 rě shì shēng fēi to stir up trouble
无可厚 wú kě hòu fēi see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
盈利 fēi yíng lì nonprofit
昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ things are very different now (idiom); times have changed
同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important; no small matter
议 fēi yì to criticize
惹事生 rě shì shēng fēi variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]
线性 fēi xiàn xìng nonlinear (math.)
作歹 wéi fēi zuò dǎi to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages
物是人 wù shì rén fēi things have remained the same, but people have changed
典 fēi diǎn atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS
似是而 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
dōng fēi East Africa
国大 fēi guó dà African National Congress, ANC; abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会[Fei1 zhou1 ren2 guo2 min2 da4 hui4]
zhōng fēi China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic
搬弄是 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
明辨是 míng biàn shì fēi to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
无事生 wú shì shēng fēi to make trouble out of nothing
但 fēi dàn not only
政府 fēi zhèng fǔ non-governmental
所问 dá fēi suǒ wèn (idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
痛改前 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf; a reformed character
此即彼 fēi cǐ jí bǐ either this or that; one or the other
颠倒是 diān dǎo shì fēi to invert right and wrong