莫非

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (莫非)		莫	非
simp. ^#(莫非)		莫	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k-fî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-hui

(Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸ hui¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸moq-fi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòfei
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-fei¹
  - Yale: mwò-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohfei
  - Palladius: мофэй (mofɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ fei¹
  - Yale: mohk fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: mog fi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶ fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵ fi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hui
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² hui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mog⁸ hui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k hui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴⁻² hui³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-fi
  - MiniDict: moh^入 fi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-fi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ fi²³/

Adverb

莫非

(literary) it is none other than
(literary) is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that
耶和華說，誰告訴你赤身露體呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Yēhéhuá shuō, shéi gàosù nǐ chìshēnlùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzǐ ma? [Pinyin]
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

今天下午我心情太激動了，莫非是我病了嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
今天下午我心情太激动了，莫非是我病了吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ xīnqíng tài jīdòng le, mòfēi shì wǒ bìng le ma? [Pinyin]
I've been way too nervous this afternoon. Am I sick?

Synonyms

(can it be possible that):

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈, 莫不是
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
	Xuzhou	難說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Shantou	未是
	Jieyang	未是, 敢, 敢是
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過

Derived terms

普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ)

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