未遂

wèisuì

adjective/verb #9,510

Meanings

1 attempted but unsuccessful; failed
2 (law) attempted (crime that was not completed)

Characters

to succeed; to fulfill

Not yet + succeeded — attempted but not accomplished.

Examples

这是一起谋杀未遂案件。

Zhè shì yī qǐ móushā wèisuì ànjiàn.

This is a case of attempted murder.

政变未遂后，局势更加紧张。

Zhèngbiàn wèisuì hòu, júshì gèngjiā jǐnzhāng.

After the failed coup, the situation became even more tense.

他因抢劫未遂被捕。

Tā yīn qiǎngjié wèisuì bèi bǔ.

He was arrested for attempted robbery.

Tips

grammar

未遂 is placed after the action it modifies: 谋杀未遂 (attempted murder), 政变未遂 (failed coup), 自杀未遂 (attempted suicide). It functions as a post-modifier in formal/legal language.

register

未遂 is formal and most commonly used in legal, news, or written contexts. In casual speech, people would say 没成功 (méi chénggōng) instead.

Stroke Order

未 wèi

遂 suì