HSK 6 · Function Words

并非 bìngfēi “to not be” in Chinese

Traditional 並非

What 并非 means

  1. to not be
  2. to be by no means
  3. really isn’t

How to say 并非

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale并bìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale非fēi1st tone, high and level

并非 in a sentence

  1. 她说她并非专家。

    Tā shuō tā bìngfēi zhuānjiā.

    She said she’s no expert.

    Sentence #9969975 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 所有的马都是动物，但并非所有的动物都是马。

    Suǒyǒu de mǎ dōu shì dòngwù, dàn bìngfēi suǒyǒu de dòngwù dōu shì mǎ.

    All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.

    Sentence #352934 from Tatoeba

  3. 我看上去像是很有力气的人，可实际上并非如此。

    Wǒ kànshangqu xiàng shì hěn yǒu lìqi de rén, kě shíjìshàng bìngfēi rúcǐ.

    I may look strong, but I’m honestly not.

    Sentence #2448775 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 并非 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 并 (bìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
并bìngand
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 开to open · kāi
The character 非 (fēi) drawn as one shape
非fēito not be; not

非 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 并非

并 6 strokes · 非 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

并非 (bìngfēi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 并非 (bìngfēi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 并非

Words with 并

并bìng · and并且bìngqiě · and并列bìngliè · to stand side by side合并hébìng · to merge

Words with 非

非常fēicháng · extremely非fēi · to not be除非chúfēi · only if (…非法fēifǎ · illegal是非shìfēi · right and wrong无非wúfēi · nothing but

More words: Function Words & Grammar

甭béng · don’t本人běnrén · I本身běnshēn · itself便于biànyú · easy to不得已bùdéyǐ · to have no choice不妨bùfáng · might as well不顾búgù · regardless of不禁bùjīn · can’t help (doing)

FAQs

并非 (bìngfēi) means “to not be” or “to be by no means”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bìngfēi: bìng with a 4th tone, then fēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 并非 is written 並非. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bingfei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 并非 from the suggestions. Typing bingfei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
并非 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.