Meaning of 是非
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shìfēi
- right and wrong
- quarrel; dispute
是非 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
什么是非死不可？
What's Facebook?
又不是非他不可。
He's not the only fish in the sea.
她不是非常高吧？
She isn't very tall, is she?
这是道是非题吗？
Is that a yes-no question?
水是非常必要的。
Water is much needed.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
是 shì · to be · 9 strokes
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非 fēi · to not be · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 是非.
| 还是 | háishi | still (as before); had better |
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 是不是 | shì bu shì | is or is not (used to form yes-no questions) |
| 但是 | dànshì | but; however |
| 可是 | kěshì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 正是 | zhèngshì | is precisely |
| 老是 | lǎoshì | always |
| 就是 | jiùshì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 只是 | zhǐshì | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply |
| 要是 | yàoshi | (coll.) if |
| 总是 | zǒngshì | always |
| 有的是 | yǒudeshì | have plenty of; there's no lack of |
Questions about 是非
What does 是非 mean?
是非 (shìfēi) means "right and wrong; quarrel; dispute" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 是非?
是非 is made of 2 characters: 是 (9 strokes), 非 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 是非 an HSK word?
Yes. 是非 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.