未曾未

Chinese

		never; not once	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.
simp. and trad. (未曾未)		未曾	未

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bue⁵ zeng² bue⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-chêng-bōe / bē-chêng-bē

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bue⁵ zeng² bue⁵ [Phonetic: bue⁵ leng⁴ mue⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei²¹ ^(t͡s-)lɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(p-)muei²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-chêng-bōe
    • Tâi-lô: buē-tsîng-buē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexzengboe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ bue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-chêng-bē
    • Tâi-lô: bē-tsîng-bē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexzengbe
    • IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ be³³/

Adverb

未曾未

1. (Hokkien) no sooner…… than……
2. (Puxian Min) the time has not come yet; to be still early

References

• “Entry #1776”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “未曾未”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 66.