非（非金属）

• ピンイン: fēi
• 漢字の分解: 非 = 非 (two halves facing away — opposition, negation; originally depicted two wings turned apart)

意味

非〜（「非金属」などの「非」）

As a productive prefix, 非 attaches to nouns, adjectives, or categories to create their negation. Common in scientific, legal, and formal administrative language: 非金属 (non-metal), 非法 (illegal), 非官方 (unofficial), 非营利 (non-profit). More formal than 不.

例文

1. 化学元素可依据其导电性、光泽度及延展性等物理属性被分为金属与非金属两大基本类别，碳、硫、氧等均属非金属元素。
2. 该组织在申报材料中明确标注其运营性质为非营利机构，不以股东利益最大化为目标，所有盈余须全部用于公益项目的扩展。
3. 这批货物在海关申报时被归入非管控类商品，理论上可享受简化通关程序，但因包装标识不规范仍遭到暂扣审查。

使い方ガイド

場面: science, law, administration, business

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 在新修订的公司法框架下，非上市公众公司在信息披露义务和股权转让程序方面须遵循与上市公司相近但略有差异的监管要求。(Under the newly revised corporate law framework, non-listed public companies must comply with regulatory requirements in information disclosure obligations and equity transfer procedures that are similar to but slightly different from those of listed companies.)
• 硅属于典型的非金属元素，其半导体特性使其成为现代集成电路产业的核心基础材料，全球芯片生产几乎无一例外地依赖于高纯度硅的供应。(Silicon is a typical non-metal element; its semiconductor properties have made it the core foundational material of the modern integrated circuit industry, with global chip production almost without exception relying on the supply of high-purity silicon.)

避ける言い方

• 非 interchangeably with 不 in all contexts — 非 as a prefix forms compound nouns or formal adjectives (非金属, 非法); 不 negates verbs and adjectives in regular speech; do not say 非好看 for 'not good-looking' — say 不好看

起源と歴史

非 (not; wrong; to negate) — an ancient Chinese character depicting a pair of wings facing away from each other, conveying opposition or negation

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal