未 wèi
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wèi
noun
Eighth earthly branch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Earthly Branch 地支
Notes: (GHC '未' 2; Kroll 2015 '未' 4; NCCED 2 '未') -
wèi
adverb
not yet; still not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an aspectual negative (Kroll 2015 '未' 1; NCCED 1 '未' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 109) -
wèi
adverb
not; did not; have not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 未 is a simple not in the sense of 不. For example, 見牛未見羊也 'You saw the ox, and had not seen the sheep' (Mengzi: 1.7/4/19, translation by Legge; GHC '未' 3; Kroll 2015 '未' 2; NCCED 1 '未' 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 109). -
wèi
particle
or not?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 未 is used at as a final particle to form a question (GHC '未' 5; Kroll 2015 '未' 3). -
wèi
noun
1-3 p.m.
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A two hour time period in historic China (Kroll 2015 '未' 4a) -
wèi
verb
to taste
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 未 means 滋味. It is an early form. later written as 味. (GHC '未' 1)
Contained in
- 未确定(未確定) indeterminate
- 稚气未脱(稚氣未脫) still possessing the innocence of childhood
- 己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
- 时辰未到(時辰未到) the time has not yet come
- 小时了了,大未必佳(小時了了,大未必佳) being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up
- 未必 not necessarily; may not
- 未定 undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
- 未能免俗 unable to break the custom ; bound by conventions
- 未疑 before suspicion has awakened
- 乳臭未干(乳臭未乾) smell of mother's milk not yet dried; immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
- 为时未晚(為時未晚) it is not too late
- 未达一间(未達一間) differing only slightly; not much between them
- 从未(從未) never
- 前缘未了(前緣未了) one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled
- 未经(未經) without having gone through
- 未有 is not; has never been
- 未可同日而语(未可同日而語) mustn't speak of two things on the same day; not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
- 未必见得(未必見得) not necessarily; that's not sure
- 未料 to not anticipate; to not expect; unanticipated; unexpected
- 长乐未央(長樂未央) endless happiness
- 未敢苟同 can't agree with
- 未解之谜(未解之謎) unsolved mystery
- 作者未详(作者未詳) anonymous author
- 未成年 underage
- 炼之未定(煉之未定) to spend a long time thinking about something while unable to reach a decision
- 丁未 forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle
- 亘古未有(亙古未有) never seen since ancient times
- 未雨绸缪(未雨綢繆) before it rains, bind around with silk; to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day
- 未遂 unsuccessful (attempt); attempted (murder, suicide)
- 未然 in advance; before it happens (cf preventative measures); forestalling
- 未冠 a minor
- 癸未 twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle
- 未娶妻 not yet married; bachelor
- 余怒未息(餘怒未息) to be still angry
- 旷古未闻(曠古未聞) never before in the whole of history; unprecedented
- 未可知 as yet is not able to be known
- 未完成 imperfect; incomplete
- 前所未见(前所未見) unprecedented
- 未来被动分词(未來被動分詞) future passive participle
- 乙未 thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle
- 未尝(未嘗) not yet once; not yet ; not necessarily; not likely
- 尚未解决(尚未解決) unsolved; as yet unsettled
- 未处理(未處理) as yet unprocessed
- 未来派(未來派) Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
- 未孵 unhatched
- 未成 a minor ; incomplete; unachieved; failed; abortive
- 未成年人 minor (i.e. person under 18)
- 未竟之志 unfulfilled ambition
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- 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 52
- 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 50
- 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 49
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 48
- 卷四十七 吳書二 吳主傳 Volume 47: Book of Wu 2 - Biography of the Lord of Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 46
- 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 42
- 卷四十三 列傳第三十一: 郭祚 張彝 邢巒 李崇 Volume 43 Biographies 31: Gao Zuo, Zhang Yi, Xing Luan, Li Chong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 36
- 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 36
- 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 36
- 卷五十三 志第五: 曆二 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Calendar 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 35
Collocations
- 未见 (未見) 未見君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧汝墳 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ru Fen — count: 13
- 东方未 (東方未) 東方未明 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧東方未明 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Dong Fang Wei Ming — count: 5
- 未明 (未明) 東方未明 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧東方未明 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Dong Fang Wei Ming — count: 4
- 未葬 (未葬) 王未葬也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 未反 (未反) 文公遭麗姬之難未反 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧渭陽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Wei Yang — count: 3
- 未获 (未穫) 未獲 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 3
- 未改 (未改) 周禮未改 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 难未 (難未) 文公遭麗姬之難未反 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧渭陽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Wei Yang — count: 2
- 未集 (未集) 大勛未集 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓上 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration I — count: 2
- 未忘 (未忘) 民未忘禍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2