是非

是非 shìfēi in a sentence

Right and wrong (quarrel)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 3 sentences

是非 (shìfēi) means Right and wrong (quarrel). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他能分清 是非 。

Tā néng fēnqīng shìfēi.

He can tell right from wrong.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 是非

背后议论容易惹出 是非 。

Bèihòu yìlùn róngyì rě chū shìfēi.

Talking behind people's backs easily stirs up trouble.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 是非

这 是非 常重要的事。

Zhè shì fēicháng zhòngyào de shì.

This is an extremely important matter.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 非

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How is 是非 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 是非 (shìfēi, "Right and wrong (quarrel)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 是非 an HSK word?

Yes — 是非 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 是非 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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