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méi yǒu

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 沒有

没有 (méi yǒu) means "not have; there is no". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 没有 means

1. haven't
2. hasn't
3. doesn't exist
4. to not have
5. to not be

How 没有 is used in grammar

没有 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Comparison Sentences with 比 and 没有 (HSK 1)
• The 有-Sentence: Possession and Existence (HSK 1)
• 比 extended: degree & verb phrases (HSK 4)
• 没有/不如: negative comparisons (HSK 4)

The characters in 没有

• 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意

Example sentences

• 没有。
  Not in there.
• 没有水。
  There is no water.
• 没有盐。
  There's no salt.
• 还没有。
  Not yet.
• 没有糖。
  There's no sugar.
• 没有神佛。
  Méiyǒu Shén Fó.
  There is no such thing as God or Buddha.

Words starting with 没有

• 没有事méi yǒu shìnot a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening
• 没有法méi yǒu fǎat a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
• 没有意义méi yǒu yì yìnot to have any meaning; meaningless
• 没有止尽méi yǒu zhǐ jìnendless
• 没有意思méi yǒu yì siboring; of no interest
• 没有什么méi yǒu shén meit is nothing; there's nothing ... about it
• 没有不透风的墙méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
• 没有什么不可能méi yǒu shén me bù kě néngnothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 没有规矩，不成方圆méi yǒu guī ju , bù chéng fāng yuánwithout rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
• 没有规矩，何以成方圆méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuánwithout rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
• 没有关系méi yǒu guān xisee 没关系

Words containing 没有

• 有没有yǒu méi yǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?…
• 从来没有cóng lái méi yǒuthere has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never
• 家花没有野花香jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiānglit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom)…
• 开弓没有回头箭kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiànlit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)…
• 天下没有不散的筵席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xíall good things must come to an end (idiom)
• 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xíeven if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end…
• 有的没有的yǒu de méi yǒu desee 有的没的
• 天下没有不散的宴席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xísee 天下没有不散的筵席

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read méi yǒu correctly.
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