是非

Chinese

		be; yes; this	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (是非)		是	非
simp. #(是非)		是	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fei¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-fî

  (Hailu, HRS): shi^˖ fui^ˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sī-hui / sǐ-hui / sū-hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si⁶ hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfei
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: shr̀-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfei
    • Palladius: шифэй (šifɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 是非 飾非 / 饰非

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ fei¹
    • Yale: sih fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii fi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shi^˖ fui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃi³³ fui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sī-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixhuy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sǐ-hui
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² hui³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxhuy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si⁶ hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sĭ hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³⁵⁻¹¹ hui³³/

Noun

是非

1. right and wrong

   是非題／是非题  ―  shìfēití  ―  true-false question

   分辨是非  ―  fēnbiàn shìfēi  ―  to distinguish right from wrong

   • 2012, “世間米”, 郭之儀 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 蔡義德:

     違背人情義理　又不明是非　一生枉費白吃了世間米 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     违背人情义理　又不明是非　一生枉费白吃了世间米 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Ûi-pōe lîn-chêng gī-lí, iū put-bêng sū-hui, It-seng óng-hùi pe̍h-食-liáu sè-kan bí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Going against humanity and duty and not knowing right from wrong, wastingly eating the rice of the world without paying the whole life

2. dispute; quarrel; conflict
3. (Cantonese) gossip

Synonyms

• (right and wrong):

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• 善惡 / 善恶 (shàn'è)
• 好壞 / 好坏 (hǎohuài)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
• 烏白 / 乌白 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 皂白 (zàobái) (literary, figurative)
• 臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
• 長短 / 长短 (chángduǎn)
• 黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)

• (dispute):

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• 事端 (shìduān)
• 口舌 (kǒushé)
• 爭端 / 争端 (zhēngduān)
• 糾紛 / 纠纷 (jiūfēn)
• 糾葛 / 纠葛 (jiūgé)
• 紛爭 / 纷争 (fēnzhēng)
• 釁端 / 衅端 (xìnduān) (literary)

Verb

是非

1. (literary) to praise and censure; to pass judgment on; to comment; to remark

Derived terms

• 人我是非
• 來是是非人，去是是非者 / 来是是非人，去是是非者
• 來說是非者，便是是非人 / 来说是非者，便是是非人 (lái shuō shìfēi zhě, biàn shì shìfēi rén)
• 分辨是非
• 寡婦門前是非多 / 寡妇门前是非多
• 惹是非 (rěshìfēi)
• 挑撥是非 / 挑拨是非
• 搬弄是非 (bānnòngshìfēi)
• 撥弄是非 / 拨弄是非
• 明辨是非 (míngbiànshìfēi)
• 是是非非 (shìshìfēifēi)
• 是非不分 (shìfēibùfēn)
• 是非之地
• 是非之心
• 是非人我
• 是非分明 (shìfēifēnmíng)
• 是非只為多開口 / 是非只为多开口
• 是非善惡 / 是非善恶
• 是非堆
• 是非得失
• 是非日日有，毋聽自然無 / 是非日日有，毋听自然无 (Hakka)
• 是非曲直 (shìfēiqūzhí)
• 是非窩 / 是非窝
• 是非題 / 是非题 (shìfēití)
• 是非顛倒 / 是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
• 是非黑白 (shìfēihēibái)
• 混淆是非
• 論列是非 / 论列是非
• 顛倒是非 / 颠倒是非 (diāndǎoshìfēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
是	非
ぜ Grade: S	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜひ [zéꜜhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞çi]

Noun

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi) 

1. right and wrong

Derived terms

• 是非曲直(ぜひきょくちょく) (zehikyokuchoku)
• 是非善悪(ぜひぜんあく) (zehizen'aku)
• 是非無(ぜひな)い (zehinai)
• 是非(ぜひ)に及(およ)ばず (zehi ni oyobazu)
• 是非判断(ぜひはんだん) (zehihandan)
• 是非(ぜひ)も無(な)い (zehi mo nai)

Adverb

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi) 

1. certainly, without fail, by all means
2. (polite, circumlocutionary) please
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 45, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

     「下(くだ)さい、ぜひ下(くだ)さい」といいました。「私(わたくし)の妻(つま)としてぜひ下(くだ)さい」といいました。

     “Kudasai, zehi kudasai” to iimashita. “Watakushi no tsuma toshite zehi kudasai” to iimashita.

     "Please, please give her to me," I said. "Please let me take her to wife," I said.

Derived terms

• 是非是非(ぜひぜひ) (zehizehi)
• 是非共(ぜひとも) (zehitomo)
• 是非(ぜひ)ご一読(いちどく) (zehi go ichidoku)

References

• “是非”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
是	非

Noun

是非 • (sibi) (hangeul 시비)

1. hanja form^? of 시비 (“right and wrong; quarrel”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
是	非

Noun

是非

1. chữ Hán form of thị phi (“right and wrong; quarrel”)