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没关系

méi guān xi

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 3-character word Traditional 沒關係

没关系 (méi guān xi) means "it doesn't matter". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 没关系 means

1. it doesn't matter

The characters in 没关系

• 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 系xìto connect; to relate to; to tie up

Example sentences

• 没关系！
  Never mind!
• 没关系。
  It doesn't matter.
• 我想没关系。
  I think it's OK.
• 它跟我没关系。
  Tā gēn wǒ méiguānxi.
  It has nothing to do with me.
• 你不吃没关系。
  It's OK not to eat it.
• 辣点儿没关系。
  I don't mind if it's hot.

Where 没关系 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greetings and Social Phrases (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read méi guān xi correctly.
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