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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• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
• 有嘴没舌(有嘴沒舌) struck dumb; speechless
• 有的没的(有的沒的) trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish
• 没谱(沒譜) to be clueless; to have no plan
• 没什么(沒甚麼) nothing; it doesn't matter; never mind ; nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
• 没入(沒入) to confiscate
• 没溜儿(沒溜兒) silly
• 没谱儿(沒譜兒) to have no plan
• 没脸没皮(沒臉沒皮) shameless; brazen
• 没有什么(沒有什麼) it is nothing
• 覆没(覆沒) to annihilate; to sink
• 吞没(吞沒) to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
• 籍没(籍沒) to confiscate
• 没有形状(沒有形狀) shapeless
• 没口(沒口) unreservedly; profusely
• 不干不净，吃了没病(不乾不淨，吃了沒病) a little dirt never killed anybody; a couple of germs won't do you any harm
• 没空(沒空) no time available
• 没脸(沒臉) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
• 没办法(沒辦法) there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
• 没长眼睛(沒長眼睛) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
• 没有劲头(沒有勁頭) to have no strength; to feel weak; feeling listless
• 没完没了(沒完沒了) without end; incessantly; on and on
• 没药(沒藥) Myrrh
• 没经验(沒經驗) inexperienced
• 埋没(埋沒) to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
• 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
• 没分寸(沒分寸) inappropriate; bad-mannered
• 没得说(沒得說) really good; excellent
• 没趣(沒趣) embarrassing; dull; unsatisfactory
• 差点没(差點沒) almost; nearly
• 神出鬼没(神出鬼沒) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost; elusive
• 沦没(淪沒) to sink; to drown
• 没了结处(沒了結處) an unfinished item
• 没关系(沒關係) it does not matter ; thre is no connection
• 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
• 没水平(沒水平) disgraceful; poor quality; substandard
• 昧没(昧沒) veiled; obscure
• 没精打彩(沒精打彩) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 没有关系(沒有關係) it doesn't matter
• 没人住(沒人住) unoccupied
• 过了这个村就没这个店(過了這個村就沒這個店) past this village, you won't find this shop; this is your last chance
• 没上没下(沒上沒下) no respect for seniors; lacking in manners
• 隐没(隱沒) to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
• 潜没(潛沒) to submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)
• 没头没脑(沒頭沒腦) without reason
• 自讨没趣(自討沒趣) to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
• 没了主意(沒了主意) to not have one's own opinions
• 没辙(沒轍) unable to solve
• 三个和尚没水喝(三個和尚沒水喝) three monks have no water to drink; everybody's business is nobody's business
• 没心没肺(沒心沒肺) simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted

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