Meaning of 莫非
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
mòfēi
- can it be possible that
- could it be
莫非 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
溥天之下，莫非王土；率土之滨，莫非王臣。
Under the vast heaven, no land is not the king's land; at the edges of the land, no one is not the king's subject.
Stroke order for each character
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莫 mò · cannot · 10 strokes
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非 fēi · to not be · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 莫非.
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 除非 | chúfēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when |
| 并非 | bìngfēi | really isn't |
| 非法 | fēifǎ | illegal |
| 非得 | fēiděi | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must |
| 非凡 | fēifán | out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc) |
| 莫名其妙 | mòmíngqímiào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 是非 | shìfēi | right and wrong; quarrel; dispute |
| 无非 | wúfēi | only; nothing else |
| 面目全非 | miànmù-quánfēi | nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition |
| 莫过于 | mòguòyú | nothing can surpass |
| 非金属 | fēijīnshǔ | nonmetal (chemistry) |
Questions about 莫非
What does 莫非 mean?
莫非 (mòfēi) means "can it be possible that; could it be" and is used as a adverb.
How do you write 莫非?
莫非 is made of 2 characters: 莫 (10 strokes), 非 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 莫非 an HSK word?
Yes. 莫非 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.