未 wèi

1. 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')
2. 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)
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. 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)
6. 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

Also contained in

未央宫 、 未央区 、 未离欲

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Truncated for common words

• 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