未 wèi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
未
wèi
not yet, not
Character
Example phrases
- 这份报告尚未提交，经理已经开始催了。 Zhè fèn bàogào shàngwèi tíjiāo, jīnglǐ yǐjīng kāishǐ cuī le. This report has not yet been submitted, and the manager has already started urging them.
- 他的病未好，医生让他再休息几天。 Tā de bìng wèi hǎo, yīshēng ràng tā zài xiūxi jǐ tiān. He has not yet recovered, so the doctor told him to rest a few more days.
- 他还未满十八岁，所以不能自己开车。 Tā hái wèi mǎn shíbā suì, suǒyǐ bù néng zìjǐ kāichē. He is not yet eighteen, so he can't drive by himself.
Related words
- 未必 wèibì not necessarily
- 未来 wèilái future
- 从未 cóngwèi never, ever
- 未成年人 wèichéngniánrén minor
- 前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu unprecedented; never seen before
- 尚未 shàngwèi not yet
- 未免 wèimiǎn rather; a bit too
- 未知数 wèizhīshù unknown quantity; uncertain factor
- 好不 hǎobù very, really
- 不禁 bùjīn cannot help but, cannot refrain from
- 不已 bùyǐ endlessly, without stop
- 极为 jíwéi extremely