HSK 6 · Function Words

无非 wúfēi “nothing but” in Chinese

Traditional 無非

What 无非 means

  1. nothing but
  2. simply
  3. only
  4. nothing else

How to say 无非

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale非fēi1st tone, high and level

无非 in a sentence

  1. 他说了那么多，无非是想让你帮忙。

    Tā shuō le nàme duō, wúfēi shì xiǎng ràng nǐ bāngmáng.

    He said a lot, but all he wanted was for you to help.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 周末我无非就是在家看书。

    Zhōumò wǒ wúfēi jiùshì zàijiā kànshū.

    At weekends, all I do is stay home and read.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 无非 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 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
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 无非

无 4 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.

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

Words related to 无非

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless

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并非bìngfēi · to not be

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万分wànfēn · extremely唯独wéidú · only未免wèimiǎn · rather务必wùbì · must要命yàomìng · terribly亦yì · also以便yǐbiàn · so that依旧yījiù · as before

FAQs

无非 (wúfēi) means “nothing but” or “simply”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wúfēi: wú with a 2nd 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, 无非 is written 無非. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wufei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无非 from the suggestions. Typing wufei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无非 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.