而非 érfēi rather than Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.非 fēi verb not be to not be; to not belong to; equivalent to 是 shì in its negative form