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
Literally: “There still hasn't been even one left-falling stroke in ten strokes”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ waak⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ pit³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² wɑːk̚² tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ pʰiːt̚³/

Idiom

十劃都未有一撇

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

Synonyms

八字還沒一撇／八字还没一撇 (bā zì hái méi yī piě)

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