未
wèi
Pinyin

Definition

未
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wèi
  1. not yet
  2. did not
  3. have not
  4. not
  5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

Character Decomposition

Compounds (8)

来
lái
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come round
  4. 4 ever since
  5. 5 next
味
wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 classifier for drugs (in TCM)
朱
Zhū
  1. 1 surname Zhu
朱
zhū
  1. 1 vermilion
朱
zhū
  1. 1 cinnabar
  2. 2 see also: 朱砂 zhū shā

Related Words (20)

未
wèi
  1. 1 not yet
  2. 2 did not
  3. 3 have not
  4. 4 not
  5. 5 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. 6 ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
未来
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
前所未有
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 unprecedented
从未
cóng wèi
  1. 1 never
意犹未尽
yì yóu wèi jìn
  1. 1 to wish to continue sth
  2. 2 to have not fully expressed oneself

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events

Sample Sentences

王总，为了我们未来的合作，我敬您一杯！
Wáng zǒng ，wèile wǒmen wèilái de hézuò ，wǒ jìng nín yī bēi ！
Mr. Wang, to honor our collaboration in the future.
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未开发国家
wèi kāifā guójiā
Underdeveloped country
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祝未来合作愉快。
zhù wèilái hézuò yúkuài 。
Wish us a good collaboration in the future.
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黑云翻墨未遮山，
hēiyún fānmò wèi zhē shān ，
Black clouds like spilled ink spread fast and about to cover the mountains
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未必吧，想取多少取多少，那不是更容易浪费？
wèibì ba ，xiǎng qǔ duōshao qǔ duōshao ，nà búshi gèng róngyì làngfèi ？
Not necessarily so. Isn’t it more wasteful if we take what we want?
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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当天，美国财政部发布针对主要贸易伙伴的《国际经济和汇率政策报告》，认为美国的主要贸易伙伴均未操纵汇率，但将中国、德国、爱尔兰、意大利、日本、韩国、马来西亚、新加坡和越南9个国家列入汇率政策监测名单。
dāngtiān ，Měiguó Cáizhèngbù fābù zhēnduì zhǔyào màoyì huǒbàn de 《guójì jīngjì hé huìlǜ zhèngcè bàogào 》，rènwéi Měiguó de zhǔyào màoyì huǒbàn jūn wèi cāozòng huìlǜ ，dàn jiāng Zhōngguó 、Déguó 、Àiěrlán 、Yìdàlì 、Rìběn 、Hánguó 、Mǎláixīyà 、Xīnjiāpō hé Yuènán ge guójiā lièrù huìlǜ zhèngcè jiāncè míngdān 。
On the same day, the US Treasury Department issued the "International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy Report" for major trading partners, stating that the major trading partners of the United States did not manipulate the exchange rate, but included China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, these nine countries in the list for policy monitoring.
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近期，国家有关部门依法对联邦快递（中国）有限公司未按名址投递快件一案实施调查发现，联邦快递关于将涉华为公司快件转至美国系“误操作”的说法与事实不符。
jìnqī ，guójiā yǒuguān bùmén yīfǎ duì LiánbāngKuàidì （Zhōngguó ）yǒuxiàngōngsī wèi àn míngzhǐ tóudì kuàijiàn yī àn shíshī diàochá fāxiàn ，LiánbāngKuàidì guānyú jiāng shè Huáwéi gōngsī kuàijiàn zhuàn zhì Měiguó xì “wùcāozuò ”de shuōfǎ yǔ shìshí bùfú 。
Recently, the relevant state departments have conducted an investigation into the case of FedEx Express (China) Co., Ltd. not delivering the courier by name. It is found that FedEx’s statement that the transfer of the company’s shipments to the US of “mishandling” is inconsistent with the facts.
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亚马逊中国未提及自营电商和保税仓业务。
Yàmǎxùn Zhōngguó wèi tíjí zìyíng diànshāng hé bǎoshuì cāng yèwù 。
Amazon China makes no mention of self-operated e-commerce and bonded warehouse business.
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网络上，奔波在燕郊与北京之间的上班族，开始担心未来。
Wǎngluò shàng ，bēnbō zài yānjiāo yǔ Běijīng zhījiān de shàngbānzú ，kāishǐ dānxīn wèilái 。
The internet shows workers commuting between Beijing and Yanjiao are beginning to worry about the future.
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