| 非 | fēi | to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must; abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | unusual; extraordinary; extreme; very; exceptional |
| 非洲 | Fēi zhōu | Africa |
| 是非 | shì fēi | right and wrong; quarrel |
| 非法 | fēi fǎ | illegal |
| 非金属 | fēi jīn shǔ | nonmetal (chemistry) |
| 南非 | Nán Fēi | South Africa |
| 除非 | chú fēi | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless |
| 无非 | wú fēi | only; nothing else |
| 非人 | fēi rén | not the right person (literary); inhuman |
| 莫非 | mò fēi | can it be possible that; could it be |
| 非但 | fēi dàn | not only |
| 非金属元素 | fēi jīn shǔ yuán sù | nonmetal (chemistry) |
| 中非 | Zhōng Fēi | China-Africa (relations); Central Africa; Central African Republic |
| 西非 | Xī Fēi | West Africa |
| 北非 | Běi Fēi | North Africa |
| 东非 | dōng Fēi | East Africa |
| 非洲统一组织 | Fēi zhōu Tǒng yī Zǔ zhī | Organization of African Unity |
| 非难 | fēi nàn | reproof; blame |
| 非凡 | fēi fán | out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc) |
| 非正式 | fēi zhèng shì | unofficial |
| 非议 | fēi yì | criticize |
| 岂非 | qǐ fēi | wouldn't it be... ? |
| 为非作歹 | wéi fēi zuò dǎi | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evil-doer; to perpetrate outrages |
| 胡作非为 | hú zuò fēi wéi | to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages |
| 非婚生子女 | fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ | an illegitimate child |
| 非特 | fēi tè | not only |
| 非洲之角 | Fēi zhōu Zhī jiǎo | Horn of Africa |
| 若非 | ruò fēi | were it not for; if not for |
| 颠倒是非 | diān dǎo shì fēi | to invert right and wrong |
| 非礼 | fēi lǐ | rudeness; insolence; impropriety; harassment; molestation; indecent assault |
| 非独 | fēi dú | not only; not merely |
| 索非亚 | Suǒ fēi yà | Sofia, capital of Bulgaria |
| 似是而非 | sì shì ér fēi | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) |
| 似笑非笑 | sì xiào fēi xiào | like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) |
| 并非 | bìng fēi | really isn't |
| 非…不可 | fēi bù kě | must... |
| 不到长城非好汉 | bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
| 中非共和国 | Zhōng Fēi Gòng hé guó | Central African Republic |
人非生而知之者，
熟能无惑 | rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě ,
shú néng wú huò | Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?; We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈) |
| 今非昔比 | jīn fēi xī bǐ | You can't compare the present with the past.; Nothing is as good as in former times.; Things ain't what they used to be. |
| 似懂非懂 | sì dǒng fēi dǒng | seem to understand, but not understand (idiom) |
| 伦敦大学亚非学院 | Lún dūn dà xué yà fēi xué yuàn | London university school of Oriental and African languages (SOAS) |
冰冻三尺，
非一日之寒 | bīng dòng sān chǐ ,
fēi yī rì zhī hán | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day |
| 南非语 | Nán fēi yǔ | Afrikaans (language) |
| 口是心非 | kǒu shì xīn fēi | lit. mouth says yes, heart no (idiom); duplicity; empty words |
| 啼笑皆非 | tí xiào jiē fēi | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; in a desperate state; between laughter and tears |
| 塞翁失马安知非福 | sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú | the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good; also written 塞翁失马焉知非福 |
| 塞翁失马焉知非福 | sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú | the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good |
| 安非他命 | ān fēi tā mìng | amphetamine (medical) (loanword) |
