未嘗

未嘗

See also: 未尝

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1-3 pm	to taste; flavor; indicator of past tense to taste; flavor; indicator of past tense; already; ever; once; test; formerly
trad. (未嘗)		未	嘗
simp. (未尝)		未	尝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèicháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ soeng⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bī-sióng / bī-siáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèicháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèicháng
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: wèi-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weycharng
    • Palladius: вэйчан (vɛjčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ soeng⁴
    • Yale: meih sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² sœːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-sióng
    • Tâi-lô: bī-sióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixsiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-siáng
    • Tâi-lô: bī-siáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixsiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɕiaŋ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mʉi^H  d͡ʑɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	未	嘗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無沸切	市羊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/ʑiaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/ʑĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/ʑi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	cháng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	soeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s  Cə.daŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds  djaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	嘗
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	cháng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨjH ›	‹ dzyang ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*Cə.daŋ/
English	not yet	taste (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	未	嘗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	11153
Phonetic component	未	尚
Rime group	隊	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未	常
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*djaŋ/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根， 陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝	同甞

Adverb

未嘗

1. (literary) not ever

   • 君臣，未嘗相弒也；禮樂刑法政俗，未嘗相變也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君臣，未尝相弑也；礼乐刑法政俗，未尝相变也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Jūnchén, wèicháng xiàng shì yě; lǐyuè xíngfǎ zhèngsú, wèicháng xiàng biàn yě. [Pinyin]

     Its rulers and ministers never killed one another, Its rites, music, punishments, laws, governmental proceedings, manners and customs never changed.

   • 先帝在時，每與臣論此事，未嘗不歎息痛恨於桓、靈也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     先帝在时，每与臣论此事，未尝不叹息痛恨于桓、灵也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227 CE. 諸葛亮 (Zhuge Liang), 出師表

     Xiāndì zài shí, měi yǔ chén lùn cǐ shì, wèicháng bù tànxī tònghèn yú Huán, Líng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (literary) not necessarily

Synonyms

• (not ever): 不曾 (bùcéng), 未始 (wèishǐ), (Min Nan) 毋捌 (m̄ bat)
• (not necessarily):

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Synonyms of 未嘗

不一定 (bùyīdìng) 不必 (bùbì) 唔一定 (Cantonese) 未始 (wèishǐ) (literary) 未必 (wèibì) 未必然 (Min Nan)

不見得／不见得 (bùjiàndé) 未見得／未见得 (Xiang) 無一定／无一定 (Min Nan) 無定著／无定著 (Min Nan) 無拄拄／无拄拄 (Min Nan) 無的確／无的确 (Min Nan)