mei6 dak1未得
Jyutpingmei6 dak1
Yalemeih dāk
Definition
Not yet, or not yet possible.
colloquialdaily actionstime
How it's used
Functions as a colloquial way to express that something is not yet possible or that someone is not yet available. It often carries a sense of being tied up with other tasks or waiting for a specific condition to be met. Unlike the more formal 未, adding 得 emphasizes the lack of opportunity or permission to perform an action.
Examples
Are you not free to go eat yet?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use it as a direct substitute for the adverb 未 in all contexts. It specifically focuses on the inability or lack of availability to do something, rather than just the temporal state of an action not having occurred.
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