是非 shìfēi▶ bien y mal; disputa; contienda

Stroke order

是非 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 是 — 9 strokes
• 非 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. right and wrong
2. quarrel

Related words

• 凡是Todo
• 并非no tanto
• 无非Nada más que
• 非法ilegal
• 实事求是Buscar la verdad en los hechos
• 非incorrecto; no

是非 is pronounced shìfēi and means “bien y mal; disputa; contienda”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 是非 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.