未果

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (未果)		未	果

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kuo³
    • Yale: wèi-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyguoo
    • Palladius: вэйго (vɛjgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ gwo²
    • Yale: meih gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² kʷɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jH kwaX

Rime
Character	未	果
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	無沸切	古火切
Baxter	mj+jH	kwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/kuɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/kuɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/kuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/kwaX/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/kuɑX/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/kuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/kuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	guǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	gwo2

Verb

未果

1. (formal) to fail to realise; to be to no avail