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Meaning of 未

Pinyin wèi

Radical

木

Strokes

Definition

1-3 p.m. / 8th earthly branch / not yet / did not / have not / not

Usage

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未 [wèi] 1. 不，不曾，没有: did(have) not; not yet; never 例如: 未必 (not necessarily), 未曾 (not yet), 未尝 (never), 未竟 (not yet completed), 未及 (a. not reached; b. not yet gotten to). 2. 地支的第八位，属羊: number 8 in duodecimal cycle. 3. 用于记时: （未时）1 PM to 3 PM. 4. 放在句末，表示疑问: Example: "君除吏尽未？吾亦欲除吏." (Is it true that you have removed all officials? I too wish to remove the officials.) --- 名词: 1. 滋味。后作“味”: taste. 2. 地支的第八: number 8 in duodecimal cycle. 3. 与天干相配，用以纪年: For example, 1967 is the year of 丁未 in the lunar calendar. 4. 用以纪月，即农历六月: Used for the sixth month in the lunar calendar. 5. 用以纪时，叫“未刻”: Referring to the time period from 1 PM to 3 PM. 6. 五行属土: Earth. 7. 十二生肖属羊: Sheep. 8. 将来: Future. --- 副词: 1. 相当于“没有”、“不曾”、“尚未”: did(have) not; not yet; never. 引文: 1. 《小尔雅·广诂》：未，无也。 2. 《论语·子罕》：未由也已。 3. 《论语·宪问》：未之难矣。 4. 《公羊传·隐公六年》：吾与郑人未有成也。 5. 《吕氏春秋·开春》：吾未有言之。 6. 晋·陶渊明《桃花源记》：未果。 7. 唐·杜甫《石壕吏》：有孙母未去。 8. 明·袁宏道《满井游记》：未百步则返。 9. 将舒未舒。例子：未际 (未发迹); 未的 (未必, 不一定); 未从 (未曾, 尚未); 未傅 (未成年的人); 未遑 (来不及, 没有闲暇); 未遇 (未得到赏识和重用); 未宾 (没有归顺); 未集 (未能完成); 未臻 (未到圆满的地步); 未极 (无穷远处, 未到尽头, 没有停止); 未意之志 (没有完成的志向); 未第 (科举考试中未中); 未萌 (事情发生之前). 不: 不 (not): 例如: 未消 (不必, 不要), 未一 (不再一一去详细叙述), 未敢苟同, 未知可否, 未审 (不知), 未的 (不确实, 不确切), 未足 (不足, 不能), 未如 (不如), 未妨 (不妨), 未若 (不如). 否: 用在句末，表示疑问: 例如: 来日绮窗前，寒梅著花未?

未及 wèi jí

to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon

未婚妻 wèi hūn qī

fiancée

未婚 wèi hūn

unmarried

未卜 wèi bǔ

not foreseen / unpredictable / not on the cards

未卜先知 wèi bǔ xiān zhī

predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant

尚未 shàng wèi

not yet / still not

未尝 wèi cháng

not ever / not necessarily

并未 bìng wèi

not yet / have not been

彻夜未眠 chè yè wèi mián

have not slept all night

未必 wèi bì

not necessarily / maybe not

悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué

pending a decision / hanging in the balance

未愈 wèi yù

not healed

未免 wèi miǎn

unavoidably / can't help / really / rather

未来 wèi lái

future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending

未曾 wèi céng

hasn't (or haven't) / hasn't ever

前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu

unprecedented

未能 wèi néng

cannot / to fail to / unable to

未经 wèi jīng

not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)

未有 wèi yǒu

is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented

未知 wèi zhī

unknown

从未有过 cóng wèi yǒu guò

have no precedent

未定 wèi dìng

undecided / indeterminate / still in doubt

未眠 wèi mián

Sleepless

未成年人 wèi chéng nián rén

minor (i.e. person under 18)

童心未泯 tóng xīn wèi mǐn

One's childish disposition remains. / still preserve traces of childishness / still retain childlike innocence

意犹未尽 yì yóu wèi jìn

to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself

未名湖畔 wèi míng hú pàn

Weiming Lakeside

癸未 guǐ wèi

twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063

从未 cóng wèi

never

未了 wèi liǎo

unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled

亘古未有 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu

unprecedented / never seen since ancient times

稚气未脱 zhì qì wèi tuō

still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)

未竟 wèi jìng

unfinished / incomplete

未雨绸缪 wèi yǔ chóu móu

lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day

乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān

smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears

方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài

flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up

未详 wèi xiáng

unknown / unclear

未遂 wèi suì

unsuccessful (attempt) / attempted (murder, suicide)

未遂犯 wèi suì fàn

attempt

未遭 wèi zāo

Not suffered

壮志未酬 zhuàng zhì wèi chóu

have one's wish frustrated / die before the fulfillment of one's ambition / with one's lofty aspirations unrealized

闻所未闻 wén suǒ wèi wén

unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event

惊魂未定 jīng hún wèi dìng

be still suffering from the shock / have hardly recovered from a recent shock / not yet recovered from a fright / still badly shaken