# 是非
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shìfēi
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^6$ fei$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-fî
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sī-hui / sǐ-hui / sū-hui
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìfēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfei
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-fei$^1$
*** Yale: shr̀-fēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfei
*** Palladius: шифэй (šifɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$是非 飾非／饰非
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^6$ fei$^1$
*** Yale: sih fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^6$ fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^6$ féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hui
*** Tâi-lô: sī-hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sixhuy
*** IPA (Taipei): /si³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ-hui
*** Tâi-lô: sǐ-hui
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si²² hui³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hui
*** Tâi-lô: sū-hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suxhuy
*** IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/

### Noun

是非
* right and wrong
    是非題／是非题 ― shìfēití ― true-false question
    分辨是非 ― fēnbiàn shìfēi ― to distinguish right from wrong
    From: 2012, 蔡義德 (lyricist 郭之儀), 世間米
    Ûi-pōe lîn-chêng gī-lí, iū put-bêng sū-hui, It-seng óng-hùi pe̍h-食-liáu sè-kan bí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Going against humanity and duty and not knowing right from wrong, wastingly eating the rice of the world without paying the whole life
* dispute; quarrel; conflict
* (Cantonese) gossip

#### Synonyms

* (right and wrong):
* 善惡／善恶 (shàn'è)
* 好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài)
* 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
* 好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
* 臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
* 長短／长短 (chángduǎn)
* 黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)
* (dispute):
* 事端 (shìduān)
* 口舌 (kǒushé)
* 爭端／争端 (zhēngduān)
* 糾紛／纠纷 (jiūfēn)
* 糾葛／纠葛 (jiūgé)
* 紛爭／纷争 (fēnzhēng)
* 釁端／衅端 (xìnduān) (literary)

### Verb

是非
* (literary) to praise and censure; to pass judgment on; to comment; to remark

### Derived terms

* 人我是非
* 來是是非人，去是是非者／来是是非人，去是是非者
* 來說是非者，便是是非人／来说是非者，便是是非人 (lái shuō shìfēi zhě, biàn shì shìfēi rén)
* 分辨是非
* 寡婦門前是非多／寡妇门前是非多
* 挑撥是非／挑拨是非
* 搬弄是非 (bānnòngshìfēi)
* 撥弄是非／拨弄是非
* 明辨是非 (míngbiànshìfēi)
* 是是非非 (shìshìfēifēi)
* 是非不分 (shìfēibùfēn)
* 是非之地
* 是非之心
* 是非人我
* 是非分明 (shìfēifēnmíng)
* 是非只為多開口／是非只为多开口
* 是非善惡／是非善恶
* 是非堆
* 是非得失
* 是非曲直 (shìfēiqūzhí)
* 是非窩／是非窝
* 是非題／是非题 (shìfēití)
* 是非顛倒／是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
* 是非黑白 (shìfēihēibái)
* 混淆是非
* 論列是非／论列是非
* 顛倒是非／颠倒是非 (diāndǎoshìfēi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 是 | 非 |
| ぜ Grade: S | ひ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぜひ [zéꜜhì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ze̞çi]

### Noun

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi)
* right and wrong

#### Derived terms

* 是非曲直(ぜひきょくちょく) (zehikyokuchoku)
* 是非善悪(ぜひぜんあく) (zehizen'aku)
* 是非無(ぜひな)い (zehinai)
* 是非(ぜひ)に及(およ)ばず (zehi ni oyobazu)
* 是非判断(ぜひはんだん) (zehihandan)
* 是非(ぜひ)も無(な)い (zehi mo nai)

### Adverb

是(ぜ)非(ひ) • (zehi)
* certainly, without fail, by all means
* (polite, circumlocutionary) please

#### Derived terms

* 是非是非(ぜひぜひ) (zehizehi)
* 是非共(ぜひとも) (zehitomo)
* 是非(ぜひ)ご一読(いちどく) (zehi go ichidoku)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 是 | 非 |

### Noun

是非 • (sibi) (hangeul 시비)
* hanja form of 시비 (“right and wrong; quarrel”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 是 | 非 |

### Noun

是非
* chữ Hán form of thị phi (“right and wrong; quarrel”).