非非

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (非非)		非	非
simp. #(非非)		非	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēifēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēifēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feifei
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-fei¹
    • Yale: fēi-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feifei
    • Palladius: фэйфэй (fɛjfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ fei¹
    • Yale: fēi fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pj+j pj+j

Rime
Character	非
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫微切
Baxter	pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/
Li Rong	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pəj  pəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl  pɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	非
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fēi
Middle Chinese	‹ pjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*pəj/
English	is not
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	非
Reading #	1/1
No.	3076
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	猆
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/

Verb

非非

1. (literary) to negate something that ought to be negated; to censure a fault
2. (literary) to be in fact not incorrect; to be actually not wrong
3. (literary) to not accept as correct; to think nothing of

Noun

非非

1. (literary) Short for 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng).
2. (literary, figurative) wishful thinking; fantasy

Derived terms

• 想入非非 (xiǎngrùfēifēi)
• 非非想 (fēifēixiǎng)

 

See also

• 是是非非 (shìshìfēifēi)