未是

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (未是)		未	是

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bē-sī / bēr-sǐ / bōe-sī / bē-sǐ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhue⁷ si⁶

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sī
    • Tâi-lô: bē-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexsi
    • IPA (Taipei): /be³³⁻¹¹ si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: bēr-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə⁴¹⁻²² si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sī
    • Tâi-lô: buē-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexsi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue²²⁻²¹ si²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ si³³/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: bē-sǐ
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /be⁴¹⁻²² si³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhue⁷ si⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buṳ7 sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buɯ¹¹ si³⁵/

Verb

未是

1. (Hokkien) to wait a moment; not so soon; not so fast

Synonyms

• 且慢 (qiěmàn)
• (Hokkien) 未曾是, 未捌是

Interjection

未是

1. (Hokkien) wait; be slow; just a second

Synonyms

• 且慢 (qiěmàn)
• (Hokkien) 未曾是, 慢才是

Adverb

未是

1. (Teochew) could it be that; is it possible that

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈, 莫不是
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	難說
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Shantou	未是
	Jieyang	未是, 敢, 敢是
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過