沒 (méi)
to not have; to not be; (negative prefix for verbs)
How 沒 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 沒
- Simplified
- 没
Components
- 氵 water
- 丿 bend
- ㇆ N/A
- 又 right hand
沒 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- méi
- (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
- mò
- drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
Common words using 沒
- 沒有 méiyǒu
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist
- 沒事 méishì
- it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- 沒什麼 méishénme
- variant of 沒甚麼|没什么, nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing
- 沒心沒肺 méixīnméifèi
- simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless
- 沒法 méifǎ
- at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- 沒甚麼 méishénme
- nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing
- 沒用 méiyòng
- useless
- 沒錯 méicuò
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!
- 全軍覆沒 quánjūnfùmò
- total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipe-out
- 出沒 chūmò
- to vanish and reappear; rising and setting (of the sun); a haunt (of hidden creatures)
- 功不可沒 gōngbùkěmò
- one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
- 吞沒 tūnmò
- to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
沒 in a sentence
我還沒吃晚餐，肚子好餓。
Wǒ hái méi chī wǎncān, dùzi hǎo è.
“I haven't eaten dinner yet; I'm so hungry.”
How common is 沒?
沒 is the 72nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 36% of all running text.
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