Methods and apparatuses are provided for video coding. The method includes: partitioning video pictures into a plurality of coding units (CUs), at least one of which is further partitioned into two prediction units (PUs) including at least one geometric shaped PU; obtaining a first merge list including a plurality of candidates, each including one or more motion vectors; and obtaining a uni-prediction merge list for the geometric shaped PU by selecting the one or more motion vectors directly from the first merge list.