八字沒一撇

Chinese

		the character 八	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	left-falling stroke; the first stroke of 八
trad. (八字沒一撇)		八字	沒	一	撇
simp. (八字没一撇)		八字	没	一	撇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzì méi yī piě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì méi yī piě [Phonetic: bāzì méi yì piě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh méi yi piě
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴ mei² i¹ pʻieh³
    • Yale: bā-dz̀ méi yī pyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh mei i piee
    • Palladius: бацзы мэй и пе (baczy mɛj i pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìméiyīpiěr [Phonetic: bāzìméiyìpiěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhméiyipiěr
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-mei²-i¹-pʻieh³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-dz̀-méi-yī-pyěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhmeiipieel
    • Palladius: бацзымэйипер (baczymɛjiper)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³
    • Yale: baat jih muht yāt pit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶ mut⁹ jat⁷ pit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶ mud⁶ yed¹ pid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²² muːt̚² jɐt̚⁵ pʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

八字沒一撇

1. nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape; there's not the slightest sign of success yet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 八字沒一撇 (“nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		八字沒一撇
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	八字兒沒一撇兒, 八字兒還沒一撇兒
	Taiwan	八字沒一撇, 八字還沒一撇, 八字沒有一撇, 八字還沒有一撇
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	八字沒見一撇兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	十劃都未有一撇, 十字未有一劃
	Hong Kong	十劃都未有一撇, 十劃都冇一撇
Southern Min	Xiamen	八字無一撇
	Quanzhou	八字無一撇
	Zhangzhou	八字無一撇