未了

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (未了)		未	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ liu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-liáu / bē-liáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-liao³
    • Yale: wèi-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyleau
    • Palladius: вэйляо (vɛjljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ liu⁵
    • Yale: meih líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² liːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-liáu / bē-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: buē-liáu / bē-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexliao, bexliao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ liau⁵³/, /be²²⁻²¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/, /be⁴¹⁻²² liau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue²²⁻²¹ liau⁵³/, /be²²⁻²¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ liau⁵³/, /be³³⁻¹¹ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue³³⁻²¹ liau⁴¹/, /be³³⁻²¹ liau⁴¹/

Verb

未了

1. (literary) to not have completed (an action)

   未了事宜  ―  wèiliǎo shìyí  ―  unsettled matter