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没
沒
méi
1. (negative prefix for verbs)
2. have not
3. not
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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)

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
弟弟起床没起床呢？
Dìdi qǐchuáng méi qǐchuáng ne?
Has your younger brother gotten up or not?
Text 3
小胡，还没吃饭呢？
Xiǎo Hú, hái méi chī fàn ne?
Xiao Hu, you haven't eaten yet?
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
昨天晚上我给你打电话一直没人接，你忙什么呢？
Zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà yìzhí méi rén jiē, nǐ máng shénme ne?
I called you last night but no one answered. What were you busy with?
Text 1
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
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
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
看你脸色不太好，是不是昨晚没休息好？
Kàn nǐ liǎnsè bú tài hǎo, shì bú shì zuówǎn méi xiūxi hǎo?
You don't look so well. Didn't sleep well last night?
Text 2
我早上跟你打招呼，你没看见。想不到又在这儿碰见你了。
Wǒ zǎoshang gēn nǐ dǎ zhāohū, nǐ méi kànjiàn. Xiǎng bú dào yòu zài zhèr pèngjiàn nǐ le.
I said hi to you this morning, but you didn't notice. I didn't expect to run into you here again.
Text 3

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