八字還沒有一撇

Chinese

		eight	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	to not have; to have no; to not be to not have; to have no; to not be; there is no; there isn't any; there are no; there aren't any	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away
trad. (八字還沒有一撇)		八	字	還	沒有	一	撇
simp. (八字还没有一撇)		八	字	还	没有	一	撇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzì hái méiyǒu yī piě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì hái méiyǒu yī piě [Phonetic: bāzì hái méiyǒu yì piě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh hái méiyǒu yi piě
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴ hai² mei²-yu³ i¹ pʻieh³
    • Yale: bā-dz̀ hái méi-yǒu yī pyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh hair meiyeou i piee
    • Palladius: бацзы хай мэйю и пе (baczy xaj mɛjju i pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

八字還沒有一撇

1. Synonym of 八字沒一撇 / 八字没一撇 (bāzì méi yī piě)

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