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. 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. verb to overflow; to inundate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '没' mò 2)
  5. 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. 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. 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. verb deeply buried
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 沉埋 (Guoyu '沒' v 2)
  9. 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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