wèi

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°

extra mark (一) + tree (木) = branches not yet fully grown

木 depicts a tree with roots and branches; an extra stroke at the top suggests the upper growth is not yet complete. The image captures something still in the process of becoming.

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A single markSemantic
TreeSemantic

见过这么大的鱼。

wǒ wèi jiàn guò zhème dà de yú 。

I have not seen such a big fish before.

回答老师的问题就走出去了。

tā wèi huí dá lǎo shī de wèn tí jiù zǒu chū qù le 。

He left without answering the teacher's question.

Words with 未

远未解决

yuǎn wèi jiě jué

far from solved

长乐未央

cháng lè wèi yāng

endless happiness (idiom)

防患于未然

fáng huàn yú wèi rán

see 防患未然[fang2 huan4 wei4 ran2]

防患未然

fáng huàn wèi rán

to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)

防患未萌

fáng huàn wèi méng

to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud

雷克雅未克

léi kè yǎ wèi kè

Reykjavik, capital of Iceland

飞出个未来

fēi chū ge wèi lái

Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)

余怒未息

yú nù wèi xī

to be still angry

一波未平,一波又起

yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

丁未

dīng wèi

forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

并未

bìng wèi

(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...

乙未

yǐ wèi

thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015

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