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

• 兵马未动，粮草先行(兵馬未動，糧草先行) before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first; logistics comes before military maneuvers
• 未尝不在(未嘗不在) never absentg
• 未必 not necessarily; may not
• 长乐未央(長樂未央) endless happiness
• 闻所未闻(聞所未聞) unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
• 未经(未經) without having gone through
• 乳臭未干(乳臭未乾) smell of mother's milk not yet dried; immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
• 始料未及 not expected at the outset; unforeseen; to be surprised by the turn of events
• 未删节版(未刪節版) unabridged edition; uncut edition
• 未老先衰 to age prematurely
• 前途未卜 hanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?
• 利未记(利未記) Book of Leviticus; Third Book of Moses
• 涉世未深 unpracticed; inexperienced; naive; unsophisticated
• 未完成 imperfect; incomplete
• 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 未出货(未出貨) not yet dispatched
• 防患未然 to prevent troubles before the event; to forestall; to nip in the bud
• 宝刀未老(寶刀未老) treasure knife does not age; old but still vigorous
• 一波未平，一波又起 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved; many twists and turns to a story
• 未来(未來) future
• 力有未逮 beyond one's reach or power
• 未确定(未確定) indeterminate
• 未知 unknown; do not know
• 未亡人 a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
• 未冠 a minor
• 未竟 unfinished; incomplete
• 未受精 unfertilized
• 未便 not in a position to
• 未结束(未結束) unfinished; unresolved
• 未提及 not mentioned
• 未艾方兴(未艾方興) thriving and still ascending
• 未解之谜(未解之謎) unsolved mystery
• 杀人未遂(殺人未遂) attempted murder
• 前缘未了(前緣未了) one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled
• 未可知 as yet is not able to be known
• 未遂 unsuccessful (attempt); attempted (murder, suicide)
• 乙未 thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle
• 未敢苟同 can't agree with
• 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
• 未央 not ended; not yet over; close to the end ; Weiyang Palace
• 未然 in advance; before it happens (cf preventative measures); forestalling
• 未来式(未來式) future tense
• 未婚妻 fiancée
• 未来派(未來派) Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
• 未了 unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled
• 未完 not yet complete ; not yet completed paying tax
• 未卜先知 predictable; something one can predict without being a clairvoyant
• 未及 to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon

Also contained in

未离欲 、 未来世 、 未生的恶法，使它不生

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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
• 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: 3
• 未获 (未穫) 未獲 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 3
• 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: 2
• 未同盟 (未同盟) 未同盟也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 2