八字還沒有一撇
Chinese
| eight | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet |
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
(downwards-left curved character stroke); throw; cast away | |||
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| trad. (八字還沒有一撇) | 八 | 字 | 還 | 沒有 | 一 | 撇 | |
| simp. (八字还没有一撇) | 八 | 字 | 还 | 没有 | 一 | 撇 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bāzì hái méiyǒu yī piě [Phonetic: bāzì hái méiyǒu yì piě]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bazìh hái méiyǒu yi piě
- Wade–Giles: pa1-tzŭ4 hai2 mei2-yu3 i1 pʻieh3
- Yale: bā-dz̀ hái méi-yǒu yī pyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyh hair meiyeou i piee
- Palladius: бацзы хай мэйю и пе (baczy xaj mɛjju i pe)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
八字還沒有一撇
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 八字沒一撇 (“nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 八字沒一撇 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 八字兒沒一撇兒, 八字兒還沒一撇兒 |
| Taiwan | 八字沒一撇, 八字還沒一撇, 八字沒有一撇, 八字還沒有一撇 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 八字沒見一撇兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 十劃都未有一撇, 十字未有一劃 |
| Hong Kong | 十劃都未有一撇, 十劃都冇一撇 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 八字無一撇 |
| Quanzhou | 八字無一撇 | |
| Zhangzhou | 八字無一撇 | |