未來

See also: 未来

Chinese

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Etymology

Originally a Buddhist calque of Sanskrit अनागत (anāgata, “not yet come; future”, past participle), from अन्- (an-, “not”) + आगत (āgata, “what has come”), from the verb root आगम् (āgam, “to come”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèilái

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ loi⁴, mei⁶ lai⁴, mei⁶ lei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-lòi
Min Dong (BUC): uôi-lài
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bī-lâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁷ lai⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁶vi-le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèilái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèilái
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-lai²
  - Yale: wèi-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weylai
  - Palladius: вэйлай (vɛjlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ loi⁴, mei⁶ lai⁴, mei⁶ lei⁴
  - Yale: meih lòih, meih làih, meih lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ loi⁴, mei⁶ lai⁴, mei⁶ lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ loi⁴, méi⁶ lei⁴, méi⁶ léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² lɔːi̯²¹/, /mei̯²² lɐi̯²¹/, /mei̯²² lei̯²¹/

Note:

mei6 loi4 - literary;
mei6 lai4, mei6 lei4 - colloquial.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ loi²
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uôi-lài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃ai⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: bī-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuê⁷ lai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buē lâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue¹¹ lai⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vi-le
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ³vi-le
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vi²² le̞⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mj+jH loj

Rime
Character	未	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	無沸切	洛哀切
Baxter	mj+jH	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉi^H/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨi^H/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəi^H/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muj^H/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/miuəi^H/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/mĭwəi^H/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯i^H/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶	loi⁴

Noun

未來

future
放眼未來／放眼未来 ― fàngyǎn wèilái ― looking forward
- 書籍培養了她豐富的想象力和對於美好未來的憧憬。 [MSC, trad.]
  书籍培养了她丰富的想象力和对于美好未来的憧憬。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1958 January, Yang Mo, 《青春之歌》
  Shūjí péiyǎng le tā fēngfù de xiǎngxiànglì hé duìyú měihǎo wèilái de chōngjǐng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

將來／将来 (jiānglái)

Derived terms

未來主義／未来主义 (wèiláizhǔyì)
未來可期／未来可期 (wèiláikěqī)
未來學／未来学 (wèiláixué)
未來派／未来派 (wèiláipài)

Adjective

未來

(attributive) coming; approaching; pending

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (未來):

→ Japanese: 未(み)来(らい) (mirai)
→ Korean: 미래(未來) (mirae)
→ Vietnamese: vị lai (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	來
み Grade: 4	らい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

未(み)來(らい) • (mirai)

Kyūjitai form of 未来: future

Korean

Hanja in this term
未	來

Noun

未來 • (mirae) (hangeul 미래)

Hanja form^? of 미래 (“the future”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
未	來

Noun

未來

chữ Hán form of vị lai (“the future”).

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