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非

Mandarin · pinyin fēi#

to not be; not
wrong; incorrect
non-; un-; in-; de-
to reproach; to blame
(coll.) to insist on; simply must

Mandarin · pinyin Fēi#

abbr. for 非洲 Fēi zhōu, Africa

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非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175

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not be; is not; not
to run counter to; to not conform to
(logic) NOT
wrong; incorrect
to reproach; to blame
(colloquial) Used to insist on something. to have got to; to simply must
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 非洲 (Fēizhōu, “Africa”)
(～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 非 (MC pj+j)

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