非此即彼

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	this; these	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	that; those; (one) another)
trad. (非此即彼)		非	此	即	彼
simp. #(非此即彼)		非	此	即	彼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēicǐjíbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄘˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ ci² zik¹ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēicǐjíbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄘˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feicǐhjíbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-tzʻŭ³-chi²-pi³
    • Yale: fēi-tsž-jí-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feitsyyjyibii
    • Palladius: фэйцыцзиби (fɛjcyczibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ ci² zik¹ bei²
    • Yale: fēi chí jīk béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ tsi² dzik⁷ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ qi² jig¹ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵/

Idiom

非此即彼

1. either this or that; one or the other