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没有

沒有

méiyǒu

1. haven't

2. hasn't

3. doesn't exist

4. to not have

5. to not be

HSK 1

Character Breakdown

没

méi

not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown

HSK 1 7 丶

有

yǒu

to have, to own, to possess; to exist

HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

see [[沒關係|没关系<méiguānxi>]]

not to have any meaning

there is no difference

see [[有的沒的|有的没的<yǒudeméide>]]

没有劲头儿

méiyǒujìntóur

erhua variant of [[沒有勁頭|没有劲头<méiyǒujìntóu>]]

kāigōngméiyǒuhuítóujiàn

lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)

没有什么不可能

méiyǒushénmebùkěnéng

nothing is impossible

天下没有不散的筵席

tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

没有规矩，不成方圆

méiyǒuguīju,bùchéngfāngyuán

without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

Example Sentences (10)

你在这个商店买过东西没有？

Nǐ zài zhège shāngdiàn mǎi guo dōngxi méiyǒu?

Have you ever bought anything at this store?

Text 4

你看过那个电影没有？

Nǐ kàn guo nà ge diànyǐng méiyǒu?

Have you seen that movie or not?

Text 1

没有，他还在教室学习呢。

méiyǒu, tā hái zài jiàoshì xuéxí ne.

No, he's still studying in the classroom.

Text 1

是啊，他这几天很忙，没有时间休息。

Shì a, tā zhè jǐ tiān hěn máng, méiyǒu shíjiān xiūxi.

Yeah, he's been very busy these days and doesn't have time to rest.

Text 4

今天下午我没有时间，明天下午去吧。

Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, míngtiān xiàwǔ qù ba.

I don't have time this afternoon. Let's go tomorrow afternoon.

Text 1

我年轻的时候也这么想，但是那时候没有钱，如果有钱，就去了。

wǒ niánqīng de shíhou yě zhème xiǎng,dànshì nà shíhou méiyǒu qián,rúguǒ yǒu qián,jiù qù le.

I thought so too when I was young, but I didn’t have money then. If I had had money, I would have gone.

Text 1

没有。

méi yǒu.

No.

Text 3

你打错了，我们这儿没有叫张欢的。

Nǐ dǎ cuò le, wǒmen zhèr méiyǒu jiào Zhāng Huān de.

You called the wrong number. There's no one named Zhang Huan here.

Text 1

你都做完了没有？

Nǐ dōu zuò wán le méiyǒu?

Have you finished everything yet?

Text 4

我离不开眼镜，没有眼镜，我一个字也看不清楚。

Wǒ lí bù kāi yǎnjìng, méiyǒu yǎnjìng, wǒ yí gè zì yě kàn bù qīngchu.

I can't do without glasses. Without glasses, I can't see even a single word clearly.

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