未
Pronunciation
Peng'im: bhuê7
POJ: buē
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: buē
Variety: chaozhou
Meanings and usage
adverb: not yet
未, 沒有
未, 沒有
Examples
- 未食 (bhuê7 ziah8) — hasn't eaten yet
particle: ...yet? (sentence-final, forming a yes-no question)
未(句末疑問)
未(句末疑問)
Placed after the predicate, 未 turns a statement into a yes-no question — the ordinary Southern Min V-未 interrogative, as in 食飽未 (cf. Hokkien tsia̍h-pá--buē) — distinct from the "not yet" negator sense above, which stands before the verb.
Examples
- 食飽未 (ziah8 ba2 bhuê7) — Have you eaten yet? (a common greeting)