未可

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (未可)		未	可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèikě

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ho²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-khu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèikě
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèikě
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kʻo³
  - Yale: wèi-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weykee
  - Palladius: вэйкэ (vɛjkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ ho²
  - Yale: meih hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² hɔː³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vi-khu
  - MiniDict: vi^去 khu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-khu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² kʰu⁴⁴/

Verb

未可

(literary) cannot; should not; must not
- 公將鼓之。劌曰：未可。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  公将鼓之。刿曰：未可。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Gōng jiāng gǔ zhī. Guì yuē: wèikě. [Pinyin]
  When the Duke was about to sound the drum for the attack, Tsao said, "We can't yet."

Synonyms

不可 (bùkě)