Keyword
not yet
- 8th terrestrial branch
- Frequency
- #422
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
wèi100%
Mnemonic
A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
未
not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
未来
future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
尚未
not yet; still not
从未
never
并未
(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
未能
cannot; to fail to; unable to
未经
not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
未必
not necessarily; maybe not
未知
unknown
未成年
underage
前所未有
(idiom) unprecedented
未曾
hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
未有
is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
未成年人
minor (i.e. person under 18)
未婚
unmarried
未遂
to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
未婚妻
fiancée
未果
to fail to eventuate; (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
未免
unavoidably; can't help; really; rather
未定
undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
未婚夫
fiancé
未知数
unknown number; (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
未尝
not ever; not necessarily
闻所未闻
unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event