# 莫非
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mòfēi
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mok$^6$ fei$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k-fî
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mog$^8$ hui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq-fi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mòfēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mòfei
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$-fei$^1$
*** Yale: mwò-fēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohfei
*** Palladius: мофэй (mofɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mok$^6$ fei$^1$
*** Yale: mohk fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mok$^9$ fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mog$^6$ féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k-fî
*** Hakka Romanization System: mog fi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mog$^6$ fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵ fi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hui
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boghuy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² hui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mog$^8$ hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k hui
*** Sinological IPA : /mok̚⁴⁻² hui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$moq-fi
*** MiniDict: moh$^入$ fi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$moq-fi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ fi²³/

### Adverb

莫非
* (literary) it is none other than
* (literary) is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that
       Yēhéhuá shuō, shéi gàosù nǐ chìshēnlùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzǐ ma? [Pinyin]
       And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
       Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ xīnqíng tài jīdòng le, mòfēi shì wǒ bìng le ma? [Pinyin]
       I've been way too nervous this afternoon. Am I sick?

#### Synonyms

* (can it be possible that):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 莫非, 豈, 莫不是 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難道, 難不成, 甭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難道, 難不成 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 難說 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔通 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔通 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢, 總無 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 敢, 總無, 攏無 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 敢, 總無 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 敢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 未是 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 未是, 敢, 敢是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 只勿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 難算得 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冇過 |

#### Derived terms

* 普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ)