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  • 1

    v.not have

    • tā hái méi nǚ péng you

      女朋友

      He doesn't have a girlfriend yet.

    • nǐ méi péng you ma

      朋友

      Had you no friends?

    • xiàn zài wǒ méi nà me duō qián

      现在那么

      I don't have that much money now.

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  • 2

    v.be without

    • zhè lǐ méi rén

      这里

      There's nobody here.

    • jīn tiān méi xuě

      今天

      There is no snow today.

    • yuè qiú méi shēng mìng

      月球生命

      There is no life on the moon.

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  • 3

    v.(used in comparison) not be as good as; be inferior to

    • wǒ méi tā gāo

      I'm not as tall as her.

    • wǒ xué xí méi tā kè kǔ

      学习刻苦

      I don't study as hard as she does.

    • wèn tí méi tā xiǎng de nà me fù zá

      问题那么复杂

      The problem is not as complicated as he imagined.

  • 4

    v.be fewer than; be less than; be not more than

    • wǒ jiā li méi duō dà dì fang

      家里地方

      There isn't much space in my home.

    • méi duō jiǔ tā jiù zǒu le

      多久

      He left soon.

    • nà fáng zi de miàn jī méi píng fāng mǐ

      房子面积30平方米

      That house covers a floor space less than 30 square metres.

  • 5

    adv.never; not; have not or did not

    • tā liǎng tiān méi lái le

      She hasn't been here for two days.

    • tā de bìng méi quán hǎo

      He has not yet fully recovered.

    • tā de tóu fa méi gān

      头发

      Her hair is not dry yet.

  • 6

    v.die

    • bìng méi

      die of an illness

Words and phrases with 没

Word usage

  • Note
    When pronounced as "mò", "没" refers to "sink into the water", such as "沉没"; it also refers to "disappear, confiscat, etc.", such as "神出鬼没". When pronounced as "méi", the basic meaning is "nothing".

Similar-form characters to 没

Chinese Characters with pinyin méi

  • matchmaker; intermediary
  • plum blossom; a surname
  • coal
  • eyebrow; the top margin of a page
  • enzyme