是非

Chinese

		be; yes; this	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (是非)		是	非
simp. ^#(是非)		是	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-fî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-hui / sǐ-hui / sū-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfei
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-fei¹
  - Yale: shr̀-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfei
  - Palladius: шифэй (šifɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    是非
    飾非／饰非
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ fei¹
  - Yale: sih fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii fi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hui
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixhuy
  - IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hui
  - Tâi-lô: sǐ-hui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² hui³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hui
  - Tâi-lô: sū-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxhuy
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/

Noun

是非

right and wrong
是非題／是非题 ― shìfēití ― true-false question

分辨是非 ― fēnbiàn shìfēi ― to distinguish right from wrong
- 違背人情義理　又不明是非　一生枉費白吃了世間米 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  违背人情义理　又不明是非　一生枉费白吃了世间米 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2012, 蔡義德 (lyricist 郭之儀), 世間米
  Ûi-pōe lîn-chêng gī-lí, iū put-bêng -sū-hui, It-seng óng-hùi pe̍h-食-liáu sè-kan bí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Going against humanity and duty and not knowing right from wrong, wastingly eating the rice of the world without paying the whole life
dispute; quarrel; conflict
(Cantonese) gossip

Synonyms

(right and wrong):

善惡／善恶 (shàn'è)
好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài)
好歹 (hǎodǎi)
好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
長短／长短 (chángduǎn)
黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)

(dispute):

事端 (shìduān)
口舌 (kǒushé)
爭端／争端 (zhēngduān)
糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn)
糾葛／纠葛 (jiūgé)
紛爭／纷争 (fēnzhēng)
釁端／衅端 (xìnduān) (literary)

Verb

是非

(literary) to praise and censure; to pass judgment on; to comment; to remark

Derived terms

人我是非
來是是非人，去是是非者／来是是非人，去是是非者
來說是非者，便是是非人／来说是非者，便是是非人 (lái shuō shìfēi zhě, biàn shì shìfēi rén)
分辨是非
寡婦門前是非多／寡妇门前是非多
挑撥是非／挑拨是非
搬弄是非 (bānnòngshìfēi)
撥弄是非／拨弄是非
明辨是非 (míngbiànshìfēi)
是是非非 (shìshìfēifēi)
是非不分 (shìfēibùfēn)
是非之地
是非之心
是非人我
是非分明 (shìfēifēnmíng)
是非只為多開口／是非只为多开口
是非善惡／是非善恶
是非堆
是非得失
是非曲直 (shìfēiqūzhí)
是非窩／是非窝
是非題／是非题 (shìfēití)
是非顛倒／是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
是非黑白 (shìfēihēibái)
混淆是非
論列是非／论列是非
顛倒是非／颠倒是非 (diāndǎoshìfēi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
是	非
ぜ Grade: S	ひ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜひ [zéꜜhì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞çi]

Noun

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi)

right and wrong

Derived terms

是非曲直(ぜひきょくちょく) (zehikyokuchoku)
是非善悪(ぜひぜんあく) (zehizen'aku)
是非無(ぜひな)い (zehinai)
是非(ぜひ)に及(およ)ばず (zehi ni oyobazu)
是非判断(ぜひはんだん) (zehihandan)
是非(ぜひ)も無(な)い (zehi mo nai)

Adverb

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi)

certainly, without fail, by all means
(polite, circumlocutionary) please

Derived terms

是非是非(ぜひぜひ) (zehizehi)
是非共(ぜひとも) (zehitomo)
是非(ぜひ)ご一読(いちどく) (zehi go ichidoku)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
是	非

Noun

是非 • (sibi) (hangeul 시비)

Hanja form^? of 시비 (“right and wrong; quarrel”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
是	非

Noun

是非

chữ Hán form of thị phi (“right and wrong; quarrel”).

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