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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 是非

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
是非 shì fēi - right and wrong
- quarrel

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 6,492 6,494 5,128

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì- variant of 是[shi4]
fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must

Other Words Containing 是非

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
是非 6 7 6,492 6,494 5,128
明辨是非 - - 37,239 56,752 48,463
搬弄是非 - - 37,290 65,010 31,608
颠倒是非 - - 44,191 66,625 49,243
是非曲直 - - 47,877 63,512 51,642
混淆是非 - - 60,455 88,272 81,207