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非非 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
非非 you have here. The definition of the word
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Chinese
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(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
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(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
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trad. (非非)
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非
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非
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simp. #(非非)
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非
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非
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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非
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fēi
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjɨj ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pəj/
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English
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is not
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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非
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3076
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Phonetic component
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非
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Rime group
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微
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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猆
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Old Chinese
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/*pɯl/
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Verb
非非
- (literary) to negate something that ought to be negated; to censure a fault
- (literary) to be in fact not incorrect; to be actually not wrong
- (literary) to not accept as correct; to think nothing of
Noun
非非
- (literary) Short for 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng).
- (literary, figurative) wishful thinking; fantasy
Derived terms
- 想入非非 (xiǎngrùfēifēi)
- 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng)
See also