Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
未
wèi
Description
“未”常常用来表示“还没有”的意思。
"未" is often used to mean "not yet."
它多用在书面语或正式的句子里，比如“未完成”、“未来”。
It is mostly used in written or formal sentences, such as "未完成" (unfinished) and "未来" (future).
Meanings
未wèi
not yet; have not (formal)
这件事还未完成。
This matter is not yet finished.
未wèi
not (formal negation, like 不)
他未必会来。
He may not come.
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Notes
- Nuance
未 is more formal/written than 没 or 不, often in fixed phrases.
- Etymology
originally depicts a tree with lush branches; borrowed to mean 'not yet'.
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