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没
沒
méi
1. (negative prefix for verbs)
2. have not
3. not
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

没
méi
not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

呒没
mméi
dialectal equivalent of [[沒有|没有<méiyǒu>]]
从没
cóngméi
never (in the past)
昧没
mèimò
veiled
没了
méile
to be dead
没事
méishì
it's not important
没劲
méijìn
to have no strength
没口
méikǒu
unreservedly
没命
méimìng
to lose one's life
没底
méidǐ
unsure
没影
méiyǐng
to vanish
没戏
méixì
(coll.) not a chance
没救
méijiù
hopeless
没有
méiyǒu
haven't
HSK 1
没治
méizhì
hopeless
没法
méifǎ
at a loss
没用
méiyòng
useless
没种
méizhǒng
not to have the guts (to do sth)
没脸
méiliǎn
ashamed
没谱
méipǔ
to have no idea about sth
没趣
méiqù
embarrassing

Example Sentences (10)

这两天怎么没看见小张？
Zhè liǎng tiān zěnme méi kànjiàn Xiǎo Zhāng?
How come I haven't seen Xiao Zhang these past two days?
Text 4
快五年了，你几乎没变化。
Kuài wǔ nián le, nǐ jīhū méi biànhuà.
It's been almost five years; you have hardly changed.
Text 4
昨天你们怎么都没去打篮球？
Zuótiān nǐmen zěnme dōu méi qù dǎ lánqiú?
Why didn't any of you go play basketball yesterday?
Text 3
王静，好久不见了！大学毕业后就没联系了，你现在在哪儿工作呢？
Wáng Jìng, hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn le! dàxué bìyè hòu jiù méi liánxì le, nǐ xiànzài zài nǎr gōngzuò ne?
Wang Jing, long time no see! We haven't been in touch since graduating from college. Where are you working now?
Text 3
我们一年没见面了吧？
Wǒmen yì nián méi jiànmiàn le ba?
We haven't met for a year, right?
Text 3
你妹妹怎么还没来？都八点四十了！
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sì shí le!
Why hasn't your younger sister come yet? It's already 8:40!
Text 3
因为昨天下雨，所以我们都没去。我去游泳了。
Yīnwèi zuótiān xiàyǔ,suǒyǐ wǒmen dōu méi qù.Wǒ qù yóuyǒng le.
Because it rained yesterday, none of us went. I went swimming.
Text 3
我这几天脚疼，没休息好。
Wǒ zhè jǐ tiān jiǎo téng, méi xiūxi hǎo.
My foot has been hurting these past few days, and I haven't rested well.
Text 4
我还没想好呢。你觉得哪儿最好玩儿？
Wǒ hái méi xiǎng hǎo ne.Nǐ juéde nǎr zuì hǎowánr?
I haven't decided yet. Where do you think is the most fun?
Text 3
没看过，听说很有意思。
Méi kàn guo, tīngshuō hěn yǒu yìsi.
I haven't seen it; I've heard it's very interesting.
Text 1

Alternate Entries

没
mò
drowned / to end / to die / to inundate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
71
Word Frequency Rank
22 of 84,292