HSK · Level 37
120 words
Chinese word
从未
Pronunciation
Pinyincóng wèi
Meaning
- adverbnever
Example
我从未吃过寿司。wǒ cóng wèi chī guò shòu sī
I have never eaten sushi.
More examples
他们从未见过面。tā men cóng wèi jiàn guò miàn
They have never met face to face.
Core concept
The timeline stays empty from an earlier point all the way up to the present.
Common phrases
从未后悔过cóng wèi hòu huǐ guò
have never regretted
从未涉足过cóng wèi shè zú guò
have never set foot in
从未见过面cóng wèi jiàn guò miàn
have never met face to face
Similar words
从没cóng méi: Provides a conversational way to say that a past experience or event has never happened.
从来没cóng lái méi: Covers a long stretch of time in which an action or experience never occurred.
从不cóng bù: Expresses a repeated pattern of never performing an action.
没有méi yǒu: Denies that an action, experience, or state ever occurred or existed in the past.
Definition in Chinese
表示从过去到现在均未发生或存在某事，用于否定经历、事实或状态，常放在动词前或与“有”搭配。biǎo shì cóng guò qù dào xiàn zài jūn wèi fā shēng huò cún zài mǒu shì yòng yú fǒu dìng jīng lì shì shí huò zhuàng tài cháng fàng zài dòng cí qián huò yǔ yǒu dā pèi
Word origin
从 (cóng, "from") marks the time span and 未 (wèi, "not yet") denies anything within it, giving 从未 (cóngwèi, "never") its complete-past-to-present sense.
Usage tips
- This adverb usually comes before the main verb, so its position helps show that the whole action or experience is absent rather than merely unfinished.
Opposites
- 曾经céng jīngformerlyadverb