未

wèi

not yet

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

extra mark (一) + tree (木) = branches not yet fully grown

木 depicts a tree with roots and branches; an extra stroke at the top suggests the upper growth is not yet complete. The image captures something still in the process of becoming.

一+木→未
一A single markSemantic
木TreeSemantic

我未见过这么大的鱼。

wǒ wèi jiàn guò zhème dà de yú 。

I have not seen such a big fish before.

他未回答老师的问题就走出去了。

tā wèi huí dá lǎo shī de wèn tí jiù zǒu chū qù le 。

He left without answering the teacher's question.

Words with 未

未雨绸缪

wèi yǔ chóu móu

lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead

悬而未决

xuán ér wèi jué

(idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance

未婚妻

wèi hūn qī

fiancée

并未

bìng wèi

(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...

素未谋面

sù wèi móu miàn

(idiom) to have never met

远未解决

yuǎn wèi jiě jué

far from solved

长乐未央

cháng lè wèi yāng

endless happiness (idiom)

防患未然

fáng huàn wèi rán

to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)

防患未萌

fáng huàn wèi méng

to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud

防患于未然

fáng huàn yú wèi rán

see 防患未然[fang2 huan4 wei4 ran2]

雷克雅未克

léi kè yǎ wèi kè

Reykjavik, capital of Iceland

飞出个未来

fēi chū ge wèi lái

Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-)

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