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

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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:

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      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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii fi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sī-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixhuy
    • IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sǐ-hui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² hui³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hui
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxhuy
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

   • 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.]

     From: 2012, 蔡義德 (lyricist 郭之儀), 世間米

     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

Synonyms

• (right and wrong): 長短／长短 (chángduǎn), 好歹 (hǎodǎi), 好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài), 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài), (Min Nan) 好䆀

Verb

是非

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

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

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) or 是非(adverb) • (zehi or adverb) [[Category:Japanese
|せひ]]

1. certainly, without fail, by all means
2. (polite, circumlocutionary) please

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

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.