不曾

Chinese

		not; no	(refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once; great-grand (father)
simp. and trad. (不曾)		不	曾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùcéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ cang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chn̂g / put-chêng / put-cheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùcéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùcéng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsʻêng²
    • Yale: bù-tséng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butserng
    • Palladius: буцэн (bucɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ cang⁴
    • Yale: bāt chàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ceng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

不曾

1. never (in the past)

Synonyms

• 未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng)
• 未始 (wèishǐ)
• (literary) 未曾 (wèicéng)
• (Hakka) 哪識／哪识
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 毋捌 (m̄ bat)
• (Wu) 勿曾