八字還沒一撇

See also: 八字还没一撇

Chinese

		the character 八	yet, still	has not	one	left-falling stroke
trad. (八字還沒一撇)		八字	還	沒	一	撇
simp. (八字还没一撇)		八字	还	没	一	撇
Literally: “there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (considered one of the simplest characters)”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzì hái méi yī piě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì hái méi yī piě [Phonetic: bāzì hái méi yì piě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh hái méi yi piě
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴ hai² mei² i¹ pʻieh³
    • Yale: bā-dz̀ hái méi yī pyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh hair mei i piee
    • Palladius: бацзы хай мэй и пе (baczy xaj mɛj i pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (八字還沒一撇兒／八字还没一撇儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzìháiméiyīpiěr [Phonetic: bāzìháiméiyìpiěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhháiméiyipiěr
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tzŭ⁴-hai²-mei²-i¹-pʻieh³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-dz̀-hái-méi-yī-pyěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhhairmeiipieel
    • Palladius: бацзыхаймэйипер (baczyxajmɛjiper)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³
    • Yale: baat jih wàahn muht yāt pit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁹ jat⁷ pit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶ wan⁴ mud⁶ yed¹ pid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡siː²² waːn²¹ muːt̚² jɐt̚⁵ pʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 八字還沒一撇

1. nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape; there's not the slightest sign of success yet

Synonyms

• 八字還沒有一撇／八字还没有一撇 (bāzìháiméiyǒuyīpiě)
• 八字沒一撇／八字没一撇 (bāzì méi yī piě)
• 不知端倪
• 眉目不清
• 茫無頭緒／茫无头绪
• (Cantonese) 十劃都未有一撇／十划都未有一撇

(deprecated template usage)