未必

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Chinese

not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
simp. and trad.
(未必) 		未 必

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 未 必
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 微 (21) 質 (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 無沸切 卑吉切
Baxter mj+jH pjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉiH/ /piɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷɨiH/ /pit̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuəiH/ /pjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mujH/ /pit̚/
Li
Rong 		/miuəiH/ /piĕt̚/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwəiH/ /pĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mwe̯iH/ /pi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei6 bat1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 未 未 必
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wèi wèi bì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjɨjH › ‹ mjɨjH › ‹ pjit ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mt-s/ /*mt-s/ /*pi/
English not yet 8th earthly branch necessarily

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 必
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12917 568
Phonetic
component 		未 必
Rime
group 		隊 質
Rime
subdivision 		1 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		未 必
Old
Chinese 		/*mɯds/ /*pliɡ/
Notes 從屮從木與芔字同根，
陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝

Adverb

未必

  1. may not; not necessarily
    它未必符合我們的國情。 [MSC, trad.]
    它未必符合我们的国情。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā wèibì fúhé wǒmen de guóqíng.
    It may not conform to our national conditions.

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia