未然

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (未然)		未	然
simp. #(未然)		未	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèirán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèirán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèirán
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-jan²
    • Yale: wèi-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyran
    • Palladius: вэйжань (vɛjžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: meih yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² jiːn²¹/

Verb

未然

1. (literary) to be as yet unfulfilled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	然
み Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みぜん [mìzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

未(み)然(ぜん) • (mizen) ^{←みぜん (mizen)?}

1. having not yet happened

   未然(みぜん)に防(ふせ)ぐ

   mizen ni fusegu

   taking preventative measures

Derived terms

• 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei)