未捌曾未
Chinese
| not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | complicated form of the numeral eight; split; (Min) to know | (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once; great-grand (father) |
not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | ||
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| trad. (未捌曾未) | 未 | 捌 | 曾 | 未 | |
| simp. #(未捌曾未) | 未 | 捌 | 曾 | 未 | |
| alternative forms | 未八曾未 | ||||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bēr-pat-chêng-bēr
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-pat-chêng-bēr
- Tâi-lô: bēr-pat-tsîng-bēr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
未捌曾未
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to be impossible (implying that it is still too early for one to attain or achieve something)