非政府

fēizhèngfǔ

adjective #37,412

Meanings

1 non-governmental

Characters

government; politics

office; mansion

Examples

她在一家非政府组织工作。

Tā zài yī jiā fēizhèngfǔ zǔzhī gōngzuò.

She works at a non-governmental organization.

非政府机构在救灾中发挥了重要作用。

Fēizhèngfǔ jīgòu zài jiùzāi zhōng fāhuī le zhòngyào zuòyòng.

Non-governmental institutions played an important role in disaster relief.

Tips

usage

非政府 is almost always followed by 组织 (zǔzhī, organization) — together they form 非政府组织 (NGO). The prefix 非 (fēi-, non-) attaches to many bureaucratic terms: 非营利 (fēi yínglì, non-profit), 非官方 (fēi guānfāng, unofficial), 非主流 (fēi zhǔliú, non-mainstream).

Stroke Order

非 fēi

政 zhèng

府 fǔ