未 meaning in English

wèi

not yet; did not

HSK 7-9adverb5 strokes

Meaning of 未

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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°

未 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā和hé未wèi婚hūn夫fū在zài一yì起qǐ这zhè么me久jiǔ,都dōu要yào结jié婚hūn了le。
She and her fiancée are together for so long, they are ready to get married.
二èr战zhàn还hái未wèi结jié束shù。
The Second World War isn't over yet.
你nǐ未wèi成chéng年nián吗ma?
Are you underage?
她tā终zhōng生shēng未wèi婚hūn。
She remained single all her life.
从cóng前qián人rén们men害hài怕pà未wèi来lái。现xiàn在zài,是shì未wèi来lái该gāi害hài怕pà人rén们men。
People used to be afraid of the future. Today, it is the future that should be afraid of people.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

未 wèi · not yet · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 未.

未来wèiláifuture; tomorrow
未必wèibìnot necessarily; maybe not
从未cóngwèinever
尚未shàngwèinot yet; still not
未经wèijīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
前所未有qiánsuǒwèiyǒu(idiom) unprecedented
未成年人wèichéngniánrénminor (i.e. person under 18)
未免wèimiǎnunavoidably; can't help
未知数wèizhīshùunknown number; (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
未知wèizhīunknown
未婚夫wèihūnfūfiancé
未婚妻wèihūnqīfiancée

Questions about 未

What does 未 mean?

未 (wèi) means "not yet; did not" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 未?

未 is made of 1 character: 未 (5 strokes). That is 5 strokes in total.

Is 未 an HSK word?

Yes. 未 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.