并未 (bìng wèi) — (formal adverbial negator) actually did not / (still) has not; used to emphasize that something expected did not occur

Definition

Formal written negator meaning 'actually did not / has not', emphasizing that something expected did not happen. Stronger than 没有 and more emphatic than the simple 不 — typical of reports, news, and official writing.

verb
(formal adverbial negator) actually did not / (still) has notused to emphasize that something expected did not occur

Examples

  • 并未。
    Tā bìng wèi chéng rèn zì jǐ de cuò wù.
    He did not actually admit his mistake.
  • 并未。
    Gōng sī bìng wèi gōng bù rèn hé xīn jì huà.
    The company did not announce any new plans.
  • 并未。
    Wèn tí bìng wèi dé dào chè dǐ jiě jué.
    The problem was not completely resolved.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

并bìngactually
未wèinot yet

并 adds the sense of 'actually' to 未's 'not yet'.

Characters in this word

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 未 shows a tree with extra branches spreading above its trunk, like lush, overlapping limbs.

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