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HSK 1
没
沒
méi
1.
(negative prefix for verbs)
2.
have not
3.
not
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
这可能是因为工作太忙，忙得没时间跟别人见面，累得不愿意和别人多说话。
zhè kěnéng shì yīnwèi gōngzuò tài máng, máng de méi shíjiān gēn bié rén jiànmiàn, lèi de bú yuànyì hé bié rén duō shuōhuà.
this may be because work is too busy, so busy that there's no time to meet others, and so tired that they don't want to talk much with others.
Text 4
对不起，我刚洗了个澡，没听见。有件什么事吗？
Duì bu qǐ, wǒ gāng xǐ le gè zǎo, méi tīng jiàn. Yǒu jiàn shén me shì ma?
Sorry, I just took a shower and didn't hear it. What is it?
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 71
- Word Frequency Rank
- 22 of 84,292