未遑

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	leisure
trad. (未遑)		未	遑
simp. #(未遑)		未	遑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèihuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèihuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèihuáng
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-huang²
    • Yale: wèi-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyhwang
    • Palladius: вэйхуан (vɛjxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jH hwang

Rime
Character	未	遑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	無沸切	胡光切
Baxter	mj+jH	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds  ɡʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	未
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨjH ›	‹ mjɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*m[ə]t-s/
English	not yet	8th earthly branch
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	未	遑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	12698
Phonetic component	未	王
Rime group	隊	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未	黃
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根， 陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝

Verb

未遑

1. (literary) to have no time (to do something)

   • 會往者厲、躁、簡公、出子之不寧，國家內憂，未遑外事，三晉攻奪我先君河西地，諸侯卑秦、醜莫大焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     会往者厉、躁、简公、出子之不宁，国家内忧，未遑外事，三晋攻夺我先君河西地，诸侯卑秦、丑莫大焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Huì wǎngzhě Lì, Zào, Jiǎn Gōng, Chūzǐ zhī bùníng, guójiā nèiyōu, wèihuáng wàishì, sānjìn gōngduó wǒ xiānjūn Héxī dì, zhūhóu bēi Qín, chǒu mò dà yān. [Pinyin]

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