十劃都未有一撇

Chinese

		ten	stroke (of a Chinese character)	even	to never have been; to never have occurred	one; 1	left-falling stroke
trad. (十劃都未有一撇)		十	劃	都	未有	一	撇
simp. (十划都未有一撇)		十	划	都	未有	一	撇
alternative forms		十畫都未有一撇／十画都未有一撇
Literally: “There still hasn't been even one left-falling stroke in ten strokes”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ waak⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ pit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ vak^5-4 du² mei⁵ yiu¹ yit² pet^5-4

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ waak⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ pit³
    • Yale: sahp waahk dōu meih yáuh yāt pit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ waak⁹ dou¹ mei⁶ jau⁵ jat⁷ pit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ wag⁶ dou¹ méi⁶ yeo⁵ yed¹ pid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² waːk̚² tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ pʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sip⁵ vak^5-4 du² mei⁵ yiu¹ yit² pet^5-4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² vak̚³²⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ ᵐbei³² jiu³³ jit̚⁵⁵ pʰet̚³²⁻²¹/

Idiom

十劃都未有一撇

1. (Cantonese) nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape

Synonyms

• 八字還沒一撇／八字还没一撇 (bāzì hái méi yī piě)