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

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sap⁶ waak⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ pit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sip⁵ vak^5-4 du² mei⁵ yiu¹ yit² pet^5-4

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• 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 vak^5-4 du² mei⁵ yiu¹ yit² pet^5-4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚³² vak̚³²⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ ᵐbei³² jiu³³ jit̚⁵⁵ pʰet̚³²⁻²¹/

Idiom

十劃都未有一撇

1. (Cantonese) nothing tangible in sight; things have not even begun to take shape

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 edit
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