并
非

Really isn't in Chinese: 并非 (bìng fēi)

bìng fēi

really isn't

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 並非1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1really isn't

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并
非

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧㄥˋ

bìng

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄈㄟ

fēi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

并非

Simplified

並非

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 事情并非你想的那么简单。

    shì qíng bìng fēi nǐ xiǎng de nà me jiǎn dān。

    Things really aren't as simple as you think.

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Related words

非

fēi

to not be

并

bìng

and

非常

fēi cháng

very

并且

bìng qiě

and

除非

chú fēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

合并

hé bìng

to merge

并购

bìng gòu

merger and acquisition (M and A)

并列

bìng liè

to stand side by side

并行

bìng xíng

to proceed in parallel

非得

fēi děi

(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must

非法

fēi fǎ

illegal

非凡

fēi fán

out of the ordinary

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