未可

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (未可)		未	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèikě

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ho²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèikě
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèikě
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kʻo³
    • Yale: wèi-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weykee
    • Palladius: вэйкэ (vɛjkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ ho²
    • Yale: meih hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² hɔː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vi-khu
    • MiniDict: vi^去 khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² kʰu⁴⁴/

Verb

未可

1. (literary) cannot; should not; must not

   • 公將鼓之。劌曰：未可。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     公将鼓之。刿曰：未可。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Gōng jiāng gǔ zhī. Guì yuē: wèikě. [Pinyin]

     When the Duke was about to sound the drum for the attack, Tsao said, "We can't yet."

Synonyms

• 不可 (bùkě)