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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• 覆没(覆沒) to annihilate; to sink
• 泯没(泯沒) to disappear without a trace
• 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧(留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒) While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn . Where there's life there's hope.
• 没良心(沒良心) without a conscience
• 没有意思(沒有意思) boring; of no interest
• 淹没(淹沒) to submerge
• 没有差别(沒有差別) there is no difference; it makes no difference
• 辱没(辱沒) to dishonor; to disgrace
• 没有人(沒有人) nobody
• 没劲(沒勁) to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest
• 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
• 没入(沒入) to confiscate
• 呒没(嘸沒) dialectal none
• 没得挑剔(沒得挑剔) excellent in every respect; flawless
• 没来由(沒來由) without any reason; for no reason
• 没事儿(沒事兒) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 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
• 没心没肺(沒心沒肺) simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted
• 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
• 没问题(沒問題) no problem
• 没事(沒事) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 八字还没一撇儿(八字還沒一撇兒) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
• 没水平(沒水平) disgraceful; poor quality; substandard
• 没搞头(沒搞頭) not worth bothering with; pointless
• 没架子(沒架子) unpretentious
• 湮没无闻(湮沒無聞) to pass into the unknown
• 从来没有(從來沒有) have never; never before
• 有一搭没一搭(有一搭沒一搭) unimportant; perfunctory; indifferent; (of conversation) idly
• 没有规矩，不成方圆(沒有規矩，不成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done; one must follow some rules
• 浸没(浸沒) to immerse; to swamp
• 没有意义(沒有意義) not to have any meaning; meaningless
• 制没药(製沒藥) Myrrh
• 没人(沒人) nobody ; able to swim underwater
• 全军覆没(全軍覆沒) total defeat of an army; a complete wipe-out
• 沦没(淪沒) to sink; to drown
• 没有不透风的墙(沒有不透風的牆) no secret can be kept forever
• 没人味儿(沒人味兒) to be lacking in human character
• 没脸没皮(沒臉沒皮) shameless; brazen
• 没品(沒品) lacking in class; tacky; tasteless
• 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
• 没亲没故(沒親沒故) without relatives or friends
• 没什么(沒甚麼) nothing; it doesn't matter; never mind ; nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
• 没谁了(沒誰了) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable
• 神出鬼没(神出鬼沒) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost; elusive
• 没溜儿(沒溜兒) silly
• 叫花子没有猢狲(叫花子沒有猢猻) a beggar without a monkey
• 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
• 没命(沒命) to lose one's life; to die
• 没口(沒口) unreservedly; profusely
• 没脸(沒臉) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)

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