似……非……

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (似……非……)		似	……	非
simp. #(似……非……)		似	……	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì ... fēi ...

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ... ㄈㄟ ...

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵...fei¹...

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì ... fēi ...
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ... ㄈㄟ ...
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh ... fei ...
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴ ... fei¹ ...
    • Yale: sz̀ ... fēi ...
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh ... fei ...
    • Palladius: сы ... фэй ... (sy ... fɛj ...)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵...fei¹...
    • Yale: chíh...fēi...
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵...fei¹...
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵...féi¹...
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

似……非……

1. looks like ... but ...

   似懂非懂  ―  sì dǒng fēi dǒng  ―  not fully understand

   似馬非馬／似马非马  ―  sì mǎ fēi mǎ  ―  it looks like a horse but it isn't