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没

méi

HSK 1 Character Traditional 沒

What 没 means

1. (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

Other readings

没 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mòdrowned; to end; to die

Example sentences

• 吃了没
  Chī le méi
  Have you eaten?
• 没门！
  No way!
• 没事。
  No prob.
• 没有。
  Not in there.
• 没坏。
  It's not broken.
• 没头绪。
  Méi tóuxù.
  Getting nowhere.

Words starting with 没

• 没有méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist
• 没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter
• 没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure…
• 没想到méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect
• 没辙méi zhéat one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
• 没事méi shìit's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 没办法méi bàn fǎthere is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
• 没了méi leto be dead; not to be, or cease to exist
• 没法méi fǎat a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
• 没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!; rest assured!
• 没用méi yònguseless
• 没问题méi wèn tíno problem
• 没收mò shōuto confiscate; to seize
• 没多久méi duō jiǔbefore long; soon after
• 没完没了méi wán méi liǎowithout end; incessantly; on and on
• 没意思méi yì siboring; of no interest
• 没劲méi jìnto have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted
• 没准méi zhǔnnot sure; maybe
• 没好气méi hǎo qìto be in a bad mood
• 没落mò luòto decline; to wane
• 没戏méi xì(colloquial) not a chance; no way; hopeless
• 没命méi mìngto lose one's life; to die; recklessly
• 没脸méi liǎnashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people)
• 没趣méi qùembarrassing; dull; unsatisfactory

Words containing 没

• 淹没yān mòto submerge; to drown; to flood
• 埋没mái mòto engulf; to bury; to overlook
• 从没cóng méinever (in the past); never did
• 出没chū mòto come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place)
• 沉没chén mòto sink
• 吞没tūn mòto embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
• 功不可没gōng bù kě mòone's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
• 湮没yān mòto bury; to submerge; to pass into oblivion
• 隐没yǐn mòto vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
• 全军覆没quán jūn fù mòtotal defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
• 神出鬼没shén chū guǐ mò(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)…
• 日没rì mòsunset; sundown
• 有没有yǒu méi yǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?…
• 有的没的yǒu de méi detrivial (matters); triviality; nonsense
• 从来没cóng lái méihave never; has never
• 从来没有cóng lái méi yǒuthere has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never
• 查没chá mòto confiscate
• 想也没想xiǎng yě méi xiǎngwithout a second thought
• 出没无常chū mò wú chángto appear and disappear unpredictably
• 拿你没办法ná nǐ méi bàn fǎdon't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
• 差点没chà diǎn méialmost; nearly; (i.e. same as 差点
• 自讨没趣zì tǎo méi qùto invite a snub; to court a rebuff
• 罚没fá mòto impose a fine and confiscate (property)
• 潜没qián mòto submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)

Characters that look like 没

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 役yìforced labor; corvée; obligatory task
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 氖nǎineon (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 媒medium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 煤coal
• 眉eyebrow; upper margin
• 霉mold; mildew; to become moldy
• 枚classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 梅plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 酶enzyme; ferment
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣lintel; crossbeam
• 糜millet