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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.not have
他还没女朋友。
He doesn't have a girlfriend yet.
你没朋友吗？
Had you no friends?
现在我没那么多钱。
I don't have that much money now.
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- 2
v.be without
这里没人。
There's nobody here.
今天没雪。
There is no snow today.
月球没生命。
There is no life on the moon.
没电了。
There is no electricity.
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- 3
v.(used in comparison) not be as good as; be inferior to
我没她高。
I'm not as tall as her.
我学习没她刻苦。
I don't study as hard as she does.
问题没他想的那么复杂。
The problem is not as complicated as he imagined.
这本书没那本有趣。
This book is not as interesting as that one.
- 4
v.be fewer than; be less than; be not more than
我家里没多大地方。
There isn't much space in my home.
没多久他就走了。
He left soon.
那房子的面积没30平方米。
That house covers a floor space less than 30 square metres.
- 5
adv.never; not; have not or did not
她两天没来了。
She hasn't been here for two days.
他的病没全好。
He has not yet fully recovered.
她的头发没干。
Her hair is not dry yet.
超市还没关门。
The supermarket hasn't closed yet.
- 6
v.die
病没
die of an illness
Words and phrases with 没
- 没主意[word]can’t make up one's mind
- 没词儿[word]can find nothing to say; be at a loss for words
- 没底[word]be not sure
- 没事[word]be free; it doesn't matter
- 没劲[word]be exhausted/listless; boring
- 没谱儿[word]be unsure; unreliable
- 没准儿[word]probably; unreliable
- 没的说[word]be on good terms; be really good
- 没规矩[word]be inappropriate
- 没脸没皮[idiom]same as 没皮没脸
- 没有说的[idiom]excellent; It goes without saying.
- 没精打采[idiom]be in low spirits
- 没头苍蝇[idiom]a headless fly
- 没大没小[idiom]show no respect for one's elders
- 没日没夜[idiom]night and day
- 没心没肺[idiom]be mindless; be simple-minded
- 没完没了[idiom]incessantly
- 没事找事[idiom]ask for trouble; cavil
Word usage
- NoteWhen 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".