非 fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 非 — not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
非得
fēiděi
to have to; must; to insist on
Characters in this word
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他非得把每一个数据源核对清楚，才肯提交最终报告。 Tā fēiděi bǎ měi yí gè shùjù yuán héduì qīngchu, cái kěn tíjiāo zuìzhōng bàogào. He insists on checking every data source clearly before he is willing to submit the final report.
- 外面下着大雨，你非得今天出门吗？ Wàimiàn xià zhe dàyǔ, nǐ fēiděi jīntiān chūmén ma? It's pouring outside, do you really have to go out today?
- 孩子非得要那个红色的玩具，别的都不要。 Háizi fēiděi yào nàge hóngsè de wánjù, bié de dōu bú yào. The child insists on that red toy and doesn't want any of the others.
Related words
- 非常 fēicháng very, extremely
- 非 fēi must (emphatic)
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 并非 bìngfēi is not; by no means
- 非但 fēidàn not only; not merely
- 非法 fēifǎ illegal; unlawful
- 非凡 fēifán extraordinary; exceptional
- 面目全非 miànmùquánfēi changed beyond recognition; no longer resembling the original
- 莫非 mòfēi could it be that; is it possible that
- 是非 shìfēi right and wrong; disputes
- 似是而非 sìshì'érfēi specious; seemingly right but actually wrong
- 无非 wúfēi nothing more than; simply; merely