非
fēiFēi HSK1

not

非 fēi frequency
not be verb
to not be; not

这件事非同小可。

zhè jiàn shì fēi tóng xiǎo​kě.

This is no small matter.

insist adverb
to insist on; simply must

他非要今天就走。

tā fēi yào jīn​tiān jiù zǒu.

He insists on leaving today.

non- prefix
prefix meaning non-, un-, in-, or de-

此处为非工作人员禁区。

cǐ chù wéi fēi gōng​zuò rén​yuán jìn​qū.

This area is restricted to staff only.

wrong proper name
wrong; incorrect

你应该辨别是非。

nǐ yīng​gāi biàn​bié shì fēi.

You should distinguish between right and wrong.

reproach punctuation
to reproach; to blame

无可厚非。

wú​kě​hòu​fēi.

It is beyond reproach.

非 Fēi
Africa place name
Abbreviation for Africa (非洲 Fēi​zhōu).

中非关系正在不断加强。

Zhōng Fēi guān​xi zhèng​zài bù​duàn jiā​qiáng.

China-Africa relations are continuously strengthening.

Frequency
Character
Written text
283rd most common 774.7 per million
Movie subtitles
209th most common 842.1 per million appears in 94% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
58.1 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
248.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+975E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)