粵

未mei6嘗soeng4

simp未尝
mei6 soeng4wèi cháng

English

  1. not ever
  2. not necessarily
  3. used before a negation word e.g. 唔 m4 and 冇 mou5 to make a guarded assertion or indicate possibility

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 同後面嘅否定形式「唔」、「冇」連用,表示可能

Examples

  • 所以話,一個語言係高級與否,好大程度取決於有冇大作品!好可惜,目前大部份嘅香港作家都未嘗試用粵文創作。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 兩隊至今均未嘗敗績。

    Both teams are unbeaten.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢個未嘗唔係一個好主意。

    This might not be a bad idea.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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