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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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未
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未
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必
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wèi
|
wèi
|
bì
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ mjɨjH ›
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‹ mjɨjH ›
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‹ pjit ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*mt-s/
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/*mt-s/
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/*pi/
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| English
|
not yet
|
8th earthly branch
|
necessarily
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
未
|
必
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12917
|
568
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Phonetic
component
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未
|
必
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Rime
group
|
隊
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質
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
2
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
未
|
必
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*mɯds/
|
/*pliɡ/
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| Notes
|
從屮從木與芔字同根，
陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝
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Adverb
未必
- 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