是非

Chinese

		be; yes; this	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
simp. and trad. (是非)		是	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-fî
Min Nan (POJ): sǐ-hui / sī-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: shìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    是非
    飾非／饰非
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ fei¹
  - Yale: sih fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii fi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ fi¹
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hui
  - Tâi-lô: sǐ-hui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi²² hui³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hui
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixhuy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/

Noun

是非

right and wrong
是非題 / 是非题 ― shìfēití ― true-false question

分辨是非 ― fēnbiàn shìfēi ― to distinguish right from wrong
dispute; quarrel

Derived terms

Derived terms from 是非

人我是非
來是是非人，去是是非者／来是是非人，去是是非者
來說是非者，便是是非人／来说是非者，便是是非人
分辨是非
寡婦門前是非多／寡妇门前是非多
挑撥是非／挑拨是非
搬弄是非 (bānnòngshìfēi)
撥弄是非／拨弄是非
明辨是非
是是非非 (shìshìfēifēi)
是非不分 (shìfēibùfēn)
是非之地
是非之心
是非人我

是非分明 (shìfēifēnmíng)
是非只為多開口／是非只为多开口
是非善惡／是非善恶
是非堆
是非得失
是非曲直 (shìfēiqūzhí)
是非窩／是非窝
是非題／是非题 (shìfēití)
是非顛倒／是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
是非黑白 (shìfēihēibái)
混淆是非 (hùnxiáo shìfēi)
論列是非／论列是非
顛倒是非／颠倒是非

Japanese

Kanji in this term
是	非
ぜ Grade: S	ひ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぜひ [zéꜜhì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞çi]

Noun

是非 (hiragana ぜひ, rōmaji zehi)

right and wrong

Derived terms

是非曲直 (ぜひきょくちょく) (zehikyokuchoku)
是非善悪 (ぜひぜんあく) (zehizen'aku)
是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)無 (な)い (zehinai)
是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)に及 (およ)ばず (zehi ni oyobazu)
是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)判 (はん)断 (だん) (zehihandan)
是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)も無 (な)い (zehi mo nai)

Adverb

是非 (hiragana ぜひ, rōmaji zehi)

certainly, without fail, by all means
(polite, circumlocutionary) please

Derived terms

是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)是 (ぜ)非 (ひ) (zehizehi)
是非共 (ぜひとも) (zehitomo)
是 (ぜ)非 (ひ)ご一読 (いちどく) (zehi go ichidoku)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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