# 未來
## Chinese
### 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): mei$^6$ loi$^4$ / mei$^6$ lai$^4$ / mei$^6$ lei$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vi-lòi
    (Hailu, HRS): vui$^˖$ loi / mui$^˖$ loi
* Eastern Min (BUC): uôi-lài
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi$^5$ lai$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī-lâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê$^7$ lai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-le$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèilái
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèilái
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-lai$^2$
*** Yale: wèi-lái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weylai
*** Palladius: вэйлай (vɛjlaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ loi$^4$ / mei$^6$ lai$^4$ / mei$^6$ lei$^4$
*** Yale: meih lòih / meih làih / meih lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ loi$^4$ / mei$^6$ lai$^4$ / mei$^6$ lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ loi$^4$ / méi$^6$ lei$^4$ / méi$^6$ léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²² lɔːi̯²¹/, /mei̯²² lɐi̯²¹/, /mei̯²² lei̯²¹/
* mei6 loi4 - literary;
* mei6 lai4, mei6 lei4 - colloquial.
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mwe̯i$^H$/ | /lɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi | lái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ | loi$^4$ |

### Noun

未來
* future
    放眼未來／放眼未来 ― fàngyǎn wèilái ― looking forward
    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

* → Japanese: 未(み)来(らい) (mirai)
* → Korean: 미래(未來) (mirae)
* → Vietnamese: vị lai (未來)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 未 | 來 |
| み Grade: 4 | らい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 未來 – see the following entry. :
| 【未来みらい】 | [noun] the future [noun] (Buddhism) the future, one of the three existences [noun] (grammar) the future tense [proper noun] a female given name |
| 【未来みく】 | [proper noun] a female given name |
(This term, 未來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## 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”).