不曾 bùcéng hasn't yet
hasn't yet; hasn't ever
How to remember 不曾: 不 not + 曾 used to be = hasn't yet.
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How it is used
- Literary/formal negation of past experience: 'have never, did not ever' - 不曾去过 (bùcéng qùguò) have never been.
- Equivalent to 没曾 / 从未; the everyday spoken form is 没(有) (méiyǒu).
- 曾 (céng) carries the 'ever, at some point in the past' meaning; 不曾 negates it.