莫非

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
simp. and trad. (莫非)		莫	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k-fî
Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mòfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohfei
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ fei¹
  - Yale: mohk fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: mog fi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶ fi¹
  - IPA: /mok̚⁵ fi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hui
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² hui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/

Adverb

莫非

(literary) it is none other than
(literary) is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that
- 耶和華說，誰告訴你赤身露體呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
  耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？ [MSC, simp.]
  Yēhéhuá shuō, shuí gàosù nǐ chìshēnlùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzǐ ma? [Pinyin]
  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
- 今天下午我心情太激動了，莫非是我病了嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
  今天下午我心情太激动了，莫非是我病了吗？ [MSC, simp.]
  Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ xīnqíng tài jīdòng le, mòfēi shì wǒ bìng le ma? [Pinyin]
  I've been way too nervous this afternoon. Am I sick?

Synonyms

(can it be possible that):

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非、豈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非、豈、難道
Mandarin	Beijing	難道、難不成、甭
Mandarin	Taiwan	難道、難不成
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成、敢係、唔得旨、毋旨、毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成、敢講、敢係
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	無成、敢講、敢係
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	無成、敢講、敢係
	Dongshi (Dabu)	無成、敢講、敢會、敢係
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	無成、毋成、敢講、敢係
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	無敢、敢講、敢會、敢係
Min Nan	Xiamen	敢
	Quanzhou	敢
	Zhangzhou	敢
	Taipei	敢、盍

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