未捌未
Chinese
| not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | complicated form of the numeral eight; split; (Min) to know | not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | ||
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| trad. (未捌未) | 未 | 捌 | 未 | |
| simp. #(未捌未) | 未 | 捌 | 未 | |
| alternative forms | 未八未 | |||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-pat-bē / bēr-pat-bēr / bōe-bat-bōe / bē-bat-bē
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-pat-bē
- Tâi-lô: bē-pat-bē
- Phofsit Daibuun: bexpatbe
- IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ be²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-pat-bēr
- Tâi-lô: bēr-pat-bēr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ bə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-bat-bōe
- Tâi-lô: buē-bat-buē
- Phofsit Daibuun: boexbatboe
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue²²⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁵ bue²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-bat-bē
- Tâi-lô: bē-bat-bē
- Phofsit Daibuun: bexbatbe
- IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ bat̚³²⁻⁴ be²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
未捌未
- (Hokkien) to be impossible (implying that it is still too early for one to attain or achieve something)