八字還沒一撇

See also: 八字还没一撇

Chinese

			character	yet, still	has not	one	left-falling stroke
trad. (八字還沒一撇)		八	字	還	沒	一	撇
simp. (八字还没一撇)		八	字	还	没	一	撇
Literally: “there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (considered one of the simplest characters)”.

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bā zì hái méi yī piě

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄆㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bā zì hái méi yī piě [Phonetic: bā zì hái méi yì piě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄆㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba tzyh hair mei i piie
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ba zìh hái méi yi piě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (八字還沒一撇兒／八字还没一撇儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāzìháiméiyīpiěr [Phonetic: bāzìháiméiyìpiěr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄆㄧㄝˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batzyhhairmeiipiiel
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bazìhháiméiyipiěr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰjɛɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ zi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁶ jat¹ pit³
  - Yale: baat jih wàahn muht yāt pit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzi⁶ waan⁴ mut⁹ jat⁷ pit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ ji⁶ wan⁴ mud⁶ yed¹ pid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /päːt̚³ t͡siː²² wäːn²¹ muːt̚² jɐt̚⁵ pʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

八字還沒一撇

nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape; there's not the slightest sign of success yet

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 十劃都未有一撇／十划都未有一撇

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