未始

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	begin
trad. (未始)		未	始
simp. #(未始)		未	始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shih³
    • Yale: wèi-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshyy
    • Palladius: вэйши (vɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ ci²
    • Yale: meih chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Adverb

未始

1. (literary) not ever
2. (literary) not necessarily

Synonyms

• (not ever): 不曾 (bùcéng), 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng), (Hokkien, Teochew) 毋捌 (m̄ bat)
• (not necessarily):

• 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
• 不必 (bùbì)
• 不見得／不见得 (bùjiàndé)
• 唔一定 (m⁴ jat¹ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
• 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng) (literary)
• 未必 (wèibì)
• 未必然 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 未見得／未见得 (uei⁴ jienn⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 無一定／无一定 (Hokkien)
• 無定著／无定著 (Min Nan)
• 無拄拄／无拄拄 (Hokkien)
• 無的確／无的确 (Min Nan)