未曾

wèicéng

adverb #10,743

Meanings

HSK 3

这种事他未曾经历过。

Zhèzhǒng shì tā wèicéng jīnglì guò.

He has never experienced anything like this.

HSK 4

我未曾想过会在这里遇到你。

Wǒ wèicéng xiǎng guò huì zài zhèlǐ yùdào nǐ.

I never imagined I would run into you here.

未曾 is more literary and formal than 没有...过 or 从未. It's common in written Chinese and formal speech.

grammar

未曾 can directly precede a verb without 过: 未曾想过 = never thought, 未曾见过 = never seen.

未 wèi

曾 céng