非 (fēi) means Wrong (not - non - insist on). Below are 24 of the 154 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 非 要自己去不可。
Tā fēi yào zìjǐ qù bùkě.
He simply insists on going himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 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
溪水 非 常清凉。
Xī shuǐ fēicháng qīngliáng.
The stream water is cool and clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 溪
当地人 非 常热情。
Dāngdì rén fēicháng rèqíng.
The local people are very warm.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 当地
针的尖端 非 常细。
Zhēn de jiānduān fēicháng xì.
The point of the needle is extremely fine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尖端
这座桥 非 常坚固。
Zhè zuò qiáo fēicháng jiāngù.
This bridge is extremely solid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚固
风刮得 非 常猛烈。
Fēng guā de fēicháng měngliè.
The wind was blowing fiercely.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 猛烈
寺庙里 非 常安静。
Sìmiào lǐ fēicháng ānjìng.
It is extremely quiet inside the temple.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寺庙
这座山 非 常雄伟。
Zhè zuò shān fēicháng xióngwěi.
This mountain is truly majestic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雄伟
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From the graded readers
李老师上课 非 常认真。
lǐ lǎoshī shàng kè fēicháng rènzhēn.
Teacher Li is extremely conscientious in class.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
我当时 非 常生气，直接把她的微信删了。
wǒ dāngshí fēicháng shēngqì, zhíjiē bǎ tā de / dì wēi xìn shān le / liǎo / liào.
I was furious and deleted her from WeChat there and then.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
车站里人 非 常多，我等了半个小时才买到票。
chēzhàn lǐ rén fēicháng duō, wǒ děng le / liǎo / liào bànge xiǎoshí cái mǎi dào piào.
The station was packed; I queued half an hour before I got a ticket.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
医院里等的人 非 常多，我们等了一个多小时。
yīyuàn lǐ děng de / dì rén fēicháng duō, wǒmen děng le / liǎo / liào yīgè duō xiǎoshí.
There were a lot of people waiting; we waited over an hour.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
上山的路很长，我们走了三个小时， 非 常累。
shàngshān de / dì lù hěn cháng / zhǎng, wǒmen zǒule sān gè xiǎoshí, fēicháng lèi / léi / lěi.
The path up was long; we walked three hours and were exhausted.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
等着付钱的人 非 常多，我排了二十分钟的队。
děngzhe fù qián de / dì rén fēicháng duō, wǒ pái le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng de / dì duì.
There were a lot of people waiting; I queued for twenty minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我把辞职的想法告诉家里的时候，爸爸 非 常生气。
wǒ bǎ cízhí de / dì xiǎngfǎ gàosu jiālǐ de / dì shíhou, bàba fēicháng shēngqì.
When I told my family I was thinking of resigning, my father was furious.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
他 非 常不好意思，说：“对不起，我的腿不太好，每天晚上要走一会儿。”
tā fēicháng bùhǎoyìsi, shuō:" duìbuqǐ, wǒ de(possessive) tuǐ bù tài hǎo / hào, měitiān wǎnshang yāo zǒu yìhuir."
He was mortified. "I'm so sorry — my legs aren't good and I have to walk about for a while each night."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
非 appears in 154 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 非
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Questions about 非
How is 非 used in a sentence?
This page shows 154 sentences using 非 (fēi, "Wrong (not - non - insist on)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 非 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 非 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 非 an HSK word?
Yes — 非 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 非?
The dictionary page for 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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