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未

wèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

未 (wèi) means "not yet; did not; have not". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 未 means

1. not yet
2. did not
3. have not
4. not
5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

Example sentences

• 未雨绸缪。
  Wèiyǔchóumóu.
  Save for a rainy day.
• 我看未必。
  We don't think so.
• 这是未来。
  This is the future.
• 展望未来！
  Look towards the future!
• 你未成年吗？
  Nǐ wèichéngnián ma?
  Are you underage?
• 未来很渺茫。
  Wèilái hěn miǎománg.
  The future is very uncertain.

Words starting with 未

• 未来wèi láifuture; tomorrow; approaching
• 未必wèi bìnot necessarily; maybe not
• 未免wèi miǎnunavoidably; can't help; really
• 未经wèi jīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
• 未能wèi néngcannot; to fail to; unable to
• 未曾wèi cénghasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
• 未知wèi zhīunknown
• 未婚wèi hūnunmarried
• 未成年人wèi chéng nián rénminor (i.e. person under 18)
• 未有wèi yǒuis not; has never been; never occurring
• 未尝wèi chángnot ever; not necessarily
• 未婚妻wèi hūn qīfiancée
• 未成年wèi chéng niánunderage
• 未婚夫wèi hūn fūfiancé
• 未遂wèi suìto fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état)…
• 未果wèi guǒto fail to eventuate; (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
• 未了wèi liǎounfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled
• 未及wèi jíto not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
• 未定wèi dìngundecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
• 未知数wèi zhī shùunknown number; (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
• 未名wèi míngunnamed; unidentified
• 未央wèi yāng(literary) not ended; not yet over; close to the end
• 未卜wèi bǔ(literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
• 未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móulit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经)…

Words containing 未

• 从未cóng wèinever
• 尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
• 前所未有qián suǒ wèi yǒu(idiom) unprecedented
• 意犹未尽yì yóu wèi jìnto wish to continue sth; to have not fully expressed oneself
• 闻所未闻wén suǒ wèi wénunheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
• 方兴未艾fāng xīng wèi àiflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 始料未及shǐ liào wèi jínot expected at the outset (idiom); unforeseen; to be surprised by the turn of events
• 并未bìng wèi(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually…
• 前所未见qián suǒ wèi jiànunprecedented; never seen before
• 己未jǐ wèififty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
• 利未记Lì wèi jìBook of Leviticus; Third Book of Moses
• 治未病zhì wèi bìngpreventative treatment (medicine)
• 作者未详zuò zhě wèi xiángauthor unspecified
• 艾未未Ài Wèi wèiAi Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as…
• 远未解决yuǎn wèi jiě juéfar from solved
• 为时未晚wéi shí wèi wǎnit is not too late (idiom)
• 方兴未已fāng xīng wèi yǐflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 涉世未深shè shì wèi shēnunpracticed; inexperienced; naive
• 方滋未艾fāng zī wèi àiflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 前所未闻qián suǒ wèi wén(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 飞出个未来Fēi chū ge Wèi láiFuturama (US TV animated series, 1999-)
• 尚未解决shàng wèi jiě juéunsolved; as yet unsettled
• 丁未dīng wèiforty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
• 雷克雅未克Léi kè yǎ wèi kèReykjavik, capital of Iceland

Characters that look like 未

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 永yǒngforever; always; perpetual
• 朱zhūvermilion
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

Sounds the same

Read wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 位position; location; place
• 喂hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 卫to guard; to protect; to defend
• 味taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 谓to speak; to say; to name
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 畏to fear
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wèi correctly.
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