并非 meaning in English

bìngfēi

really isn't

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 並非14 strokes

Meaning of 并非

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bìngfēi
  1. really isn't

并非 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

所suǒ有yǒu的de马mǎ都dōu是shì动dòng物wù, 但dàn并bìng非fēi所suǒ有yǒu的de动dòng物wù都dōu是shì马mǎ。
All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.
我wǒ希xī望wàng事shì情qíng并bìng非fēi如rú此cǐ。
I hope that is not the case.
我wǒ们men生shēng来lái并bìng非fēi女nǚ儿ér身shēn:我wǒ们men成chéng为wéi她tā们men的de一yī份fèn子zi。
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
问wèn人rén而ér知zhī,并bìng非fēi过guò错cuò。
There is nothing wrong with knowledge obtained by asking.
你nǐ的de状zhuàng况kuàng并bìng非fēi毫háo无wú希xī望wàng。
Your situation isn't hopeless.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

并 bìng · and · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

非 fēi · to not be · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 并非.

非常fēichángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
并且bìngqiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
除非chúfēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
合并hébìngto merge; to annex
非法fēifǎillegal
非得fēiděi(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
非凡fēifánout of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
莫非mòfēican it be possible that; could it be
是非shìfēiright and wrong; quarrel; dispute
无非wúfēionly; nothing else
相提并论xiāngtí-bìnglùnto discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a
面目全非miànmù-quánfēinothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition

Questions about 并非

What does 并非 mean?

并非 (bìngfēi) means "really isn't" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 并非?

并非 is made of 2 characters: 并 (6 strokes), 非 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 并非 an HSK word?

Yes. 并非 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 并非 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 并非 is written 並非.