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
- (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 vak5-4 du2 mei5 yiu1 yit2 pet5-4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sip̚³² vak̚³²⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ ᵐbei³² jiu³³ jit̚⁵⁵ pʰet̚³²⁻²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
十劃都未有一撇
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 | |