waan4 mut6還沒还没
Jyutpingwaan4 mut6
Yalewàahn muht
Definition
Not yet.
colloquialdaily actionstime
How it's used
Cantonese speakers almost exclusively use 未 or 仲未 to express not yet, rather than the Mandarin-influenced 還沒. Placing 仲 before 未 adds emphasis, suggesting that the action is expected to have happened by now but has not.
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Common mistake
Using 還沒 in spoken Cantonese sounds unnatural and overly formal, as if reading from a textbook. Stick to 未 or 仲未 for daily communication.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
