未 (mei6) — a Chinese family name in Cantonese
meiˍ₆未
Mandarin Pinyin: wei4
Meaning of 未
nouna Chinese family name
nounthe eight of the twelve Terrestrial branches
noun1:00-3:00 p.m.
nounnot
nounnot yet
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Example Sentences with 未
neiˏ₅你gin˗₃見gwo˗₃過keoiˏ₅佢go˗₃個neoiˏ₅女pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友meiˍ₆未aa˗₃呀？
Have you seen his girlfriend before?
燦爛的未來。
A bright future.
燦爛嘅未來。
A bright future.
未免太過份
go a bit too far; be rather too presumptuous
上次單嘢我都未同你計數呀！
I still haven't gotten even with you!
Words Containing 未
得未呀dak1 mei6 aa3
Is it ready yet? Is it OK yet? See also the positive answer "得嘞" and the negative answer "未得".
屍骨未寒si1 gwat1 mei6 hon4
Corpse and bones are not yet cold (cool down)
未完mei6 jyun4
unfinished; unsettled; continued; inchoate; overdue
未見官先打八十mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6
未見其利先見其害
童心未泯tung4 sam1 mei6 man5
to be a child at heart; to retain a child-like heart; despite being advanced in age one is still like a child at heart
先使未來錢sin1 sai2 mei6 loi4 cin4
spend future money in advance
未夠班mei6 gau3 baan1
not good enough, incompetent [Syn.] 唔夠班
話口未完waa6 hau2 mei6 jyun4
話音未落
火車未到站fo2 ce1 mei6 dou3 zaam6
having one's trousers inadvertantly unzipped (lit., "train isn't yet at the station")
未婚女子mei6 fan1 neoi5 zi2
spinster, unmarried woman, an old maid
食咗飯未呀sik6 zo2 faan6 mei6 aa3
Lit. Have you eaten (rice) yet? - It's informally used to greet friends, instead of 你好 or 你點呀.
未有mei6 jau5
there never was...
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