未是
Chinese
| not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | be; yes; this | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (未是) |
未 | 是 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sī
- Tâi-lô: bē-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: bexsi
- IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: bēr-sǐ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² si²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sī
- Tâi-lô: buē-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: boexsi
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue²²⁻²¹ si²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sǐ
- Tâi-lô: bē-sǐ
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /be⁴¹⁻²² si³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhue7 si6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buṳ7 sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /buɯ¹¹ si³⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Verb
未是
Synonyms
Interjection
未是
- (Hokkien) wait; be slow; just a second
Synonyms
Adverb
未是
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 莫非, 豈 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難道, 難不成, 甭 |
| Taiwan | 難道, 難不成 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 難說 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔通 |
| Hong Kong | 唔通 | |
| Taishan | 唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢, 總無 |
| Quanzhou | 敢, 總無, 攏無 | |
| Zhangzhou | 敢, 總無 | |
| Tainan | 敢 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 敢 | |
| Shantou | 未是 | |
| Jieyang | 未是, 敢, 敢是 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乜然, 總無 |
| Xianyou | 乜然, 總無 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 只勿 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 難算得 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冇過 |