莫非

Chinese

		do not; there is none who	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (莫非)		莫	非
simp. #(莫非)		莫	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ fei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k-fî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸ hui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-fi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòfei
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: mwò-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohfei
    • Palladius: мофэй (mofɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ fei¹
    • Yale: mohk fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² fei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k-fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog fi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶ fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵ fi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hui
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boghuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mog⁸ hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴⁻² hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-fi
    • MiniDict: moh^入 fi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-fi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ fi²³/

Adverb

莫非

1. (literary) it is none other than
2. (literary) is it not; can it be that; can it be possible that

   耶和華說，誰告訴你赤身露體呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yēhéhuá shuō, shéi gàosù nǐ chìshēnlùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzǐ ma? [Pinyin]

   And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

   今天下午我心情太激動了，莫非是我病了嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   今天下午我心情太激动了，莫非是我病了吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ xīnqíng tài jīdòng le, mòfēi shì wǒ bìng le ma? [Pinyin]

   I've been way too nervous this afternoon. Am I sick?

Synonyms

• (can it be possible that):

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	難說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Shantou	未是
	Jieyang	未是, 敢, 敢是
Puxian Min	Putian	乜然, 總無
	Xianyou	乜然, 總無
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過

Derived terms

• 普天之下，莫非王土 (pǔtiānzhīxià, mòfēiwángtǔ)