没 (沒) méi

1. méi adverb not have
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 无; for example, 他没别的办法 'He had no other way.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175; Guoyu '沒' méi v 1; Unihan '沒'; XHZD '没' méi 1)
2. méi adverb not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A negative prefix for action verbs (XHZD '没' méi 2)
3. mò verb to drown; to sink
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 沉入水; as in 沉没 (Guoyu '沒' v 1; Unihan '沒'; XHZD '没' mò 1)
4. mò verb to overflow; to inundate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '没' mò 2)
5. mò verb to confiscate; to impound
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 沒收 (Guoyu '沒' v 5; XHZD '没' mò 3)
6. mò verb to end; to the end
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 终了 or 结束 (Guoyu '沒' v 4; XHZD '没' mò 4)
7. mò verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 死; as a variant of 殁 (Guoyu '沒' v 6; XHZD '没' mò 5)
8. mò verb deeply buried
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 沉埋 (Guoyu '沒' v 2)
9. mò verb to disappear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消失 (Guoyu '沒' v 3)
10. méi verb not as good as
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 不如(Guoyu '沒' méi v 2)
11. méi verb not
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: A negative prefix for verbs; for example, 没来 'did not come' (Sun 2006, loc. 1840; Guoyu '沒' méi adv)

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• 没关系(沒關係) it does not matter ; thre is no connection
• 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
• 八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
• 没亲没故(沒親沒故) without relatives or friends
• 有没有(有沒有) (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?
• 没空儿(沒空兒) having no time
• 没得说(沒得說) really good; excellent
• 有一搭没一搭(有一搭沒一搭) unimportant; perfunctory; indifferent; (of conversation) idly
• 差点没(差點沒) almost; nearly
• 埋没(埋沒) to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 神出鬼没(神出鬼沒) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost; elusive
• 没分寸(沒分寸) inappropriate; bad-mannered
• 从来没有(從來沒有) have never; never before
• 没吃没穿(沒吃沒穿) to be without food and clothing; poor
• 有一句没一句(有一句沒一句) to speak one minute and be quiet the next
• 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 没辙(沒轍) unable to solve
• 没头没脸(沒頭沒臉) without head, without face; frenzily; haphazardly
• 抄没(抄沒) to confiscate possessions
• 没脸(沒臉) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
• 没有不透风的墙(沒有不透風的牆) no secret can be kept forever
• 没事(沒事) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 没头没脑(沒頭沒腦) without reason
• 没心没肺(沒心沒肺) simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted
• 没收(沒收) to confiscate
• 没办法(沒辦法) there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
• 钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的(錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的) money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing
• 没有什么(沒有什麼) it is nothing
• 没有(沒有) to not have; there is not ; to not have; there is not
• 没错(沒錯) sure!; rest assured!; that's good ; not wrong
• 没治(沒治) hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world
• 没人住(沒人住) unoccupied
• 没羞没臊(沒羞沒臊) shameless
• 隐没(隱沒) to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
• 嘴上没毛，办事不牢(嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢) a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon
• 没脸没皮(沒臉沒皮) shameless; brazen
• 吞没(吞沒) to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
• 没有法(沒有法) at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
• 制没药(製沒藥) Myrrh
• 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 没心眼(沒心眼) outspoken; artless; tactless
• 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
• 没大没小(沒大沒小) impolite; cheeky; impudent
• 没有规矩，何以成方圆(沒有規矩，何以成方圓) without rules, how can anything be done; one must follow some rules
• 自讨没趣(自討沒趣) to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
• 没戏(沒戲) not a chance; no way; hopeless
• 潜没(潛沒) to submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)
• 日没(日沒) sunset; sundown
• 没有劲头(沒有勁頭) to have no strength; to feel weak; feeling listless

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