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HSK
very; really / unusual; extraordinary
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
HSK 4
illegal
HSK 7-9
out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc)
HSK 7-9
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
HSK 7-9
non-perturbative (physics)
irregular; disordered
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
abbr. for 非洲, Africa
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
modeless (computing)
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
inhuman / (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
out of the ordinary
reproof / blame
Organization of African Unity
demilitarized zone
erroneous variant of 非營利|非营利
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
non-nuclear
non-nuclear country
nuclear-free zone
African National Congress, ANC / abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会
not only
extremely important / no small matter
African Development Bank
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
nonsmoking
not only / not merely
either this or that / one or the other
not only
unnatural death; violent death
non-fiction
inessential
to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
unofficial; informal
(UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage
nonlinear optics (physics)
non-governmental organization (NGO)
much / very many
it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲
(math.) (of a set) non-empty; (computing) (of a data structure) non-empty
over-the-counter drug; OTC drug
unofficial
asynchronous
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
unmarried woman who is not a virgin
an illegitimate child
Horn of Africa
Fes (third largest city of Morocco)
extremely grateful; very thankful
non-motorized vehicle
inessential / unnecessary
African Union
non-governmental
non-numeric
of African descent
born out of wedlock / illegitimate
(of a medical condition) not fatal; not life-threatening
African Union (AU) (abbr. for 非洲聯盟|非洲联盟)
nonzero
inanimacy
inhomogeneous
wealthy and respectable people
non-equilibrium / disequilibrium / unbalance
nonviolent
dependent
off-peak
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
secular (society) / non-religious (party)
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分
unofficial; informal
non-fungible token (NFT)
an emergency measure
unconditioned reflex (physiology)
non-Euclidean geometry
African National Congress, ANC
serious inquiries only
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
unbalance / disequilibrium
non-Euclidean geometry
a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
East African Rift Valley
nonprofit / not for profit
nonlinear (math.)
nonmetal (chemistry)
(ling) unstressed (syllable)
alternative / non-mainstream
dehumanization
improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份
improper idea
the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
Philistia, aka the Land of the Philistines
inanimate noun
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
non-state actor

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