没 méi not
not; not have
How to remember 没: 氵 water + 殳 strike = not. The swimmer rushes out of the water after a lightning strike over the lake and does not go back in.
Component breakdown
没 = 氵 water + 殳 strike
- 氵 water
- 殳 strike
The swimmer rushes out of the water after a lightning strike over the lake and does not go back in.
How it is used
- Negates having and completed actions - 没有钱 (méiyǒu qián) have no money, 没去 (méi qù) didn't go.
- Use 不 (bù) for the present, future, habits and wishes; 没 for 有 and for the past. It never pairs with 了.
Words with 没
- 没关系méiguānxìit doesn't matterHSK 1
- 没事méishìit's not importantHSK 1
- 没有méiyǒuto not haveHSK 1
- 没意思méiyìsiboringHSK 2
- 没法儿méifǎrcan't do anything about itHSK 5
- 淹没yānmòto submergeHSK 6
- 没准儿méizhǔnrmaybe; perhaps; not sure (spoken, erhua)HSK 7
- 没完没了méiwán-méiliǎowithout endHSK 7
- 没收mòshōuto confiscateHSK 7
- 没落mòluòto declineHSK 7
- 埋没máimòto engulfHSK 8
- 没劲méijìnto have no strengthHSK 9
- 没辙méizhéat one's wit's endHSK 9
Example sentences
- 没有车，他只好走路。 Méiyǒu chē, tā zhǐhǎo zǒulù.Without a car, he is forced to walk.
- 我没有实际经验。 Wǒ méiyǒu shíjì jīngyàn.I don't have practical experience.
- 输一场比赛没关系。 Shū yì chǎng bǐsài méiguānxi.It doesn't matter if you lose one game.
- 即使失败了也没关系。 Jíshǐ shībàile yě méiguānxi.It doesn't matter even if you fail.