亦非

yìfēi

phrase #23,450

Meanings

1 nor is it
2 also not
3 neither

Characters

also; likewise (classical)

Examples

此事既非对，亦非错，难以评断。

Cǐshì jì fēi duì, yìfēi cuò, nányǐ píngduàn.

This matter is neither right nor wrong — it is difficult to judge.

他不是坏人，亦非好人，只是平凡之人。

Tā bùshì huàirén, yìfēi hǎorén, zhǐshì píngfán zhī rén.

He is not a bad person, nor a good one — just an ordinary person.

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亦非 is classical/literary. In everyday modern Chinese, use 也不是 instead. You will encounter 亦非 in formal writing, poetry, and literature.

Stroke Order

亦 yì

非 fēi