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未

Pronunciation

Peng'im: bhuê7
POJ: buē
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adverb: not yet
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)

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)

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