没 (沒) méi
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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) -
méi
adverb
not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A negative prefix for action verbs (XHZD '没' méi 2) -
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) -
mò
verb
to overflow; to inundate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '没' mò 2) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
mò
verb
deeply buried
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 沉埋 (Guoyu '沒' v 2) -
mò
verb
to disappear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 消失 (Guoyu '沒' v 3) -
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) -
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)
Contained in
- 想也没想(想也沒想) without a second thought
- 没错(沒錯) sure!; rest assured!; that's good ; not wrong
- 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
- 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
- 没得说(沒得說) really good; excellent
- 没有劲头儿(沒有勁頭兒) to have no strength
- 没意思(沒意思) boring; of no interest ; not sincere ; not reasonable
- 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
- 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
- 没事(沒事) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- 没有劲头(沒有勁頭) to have no strength; to feel weak; feeling listless
- 没有什么不可能(沒有什麼不可能) nothing is impossible; there's nothing impossible about it
- 没种(沒種) not to have the guts; cowardly
- 没心没肺(沒心沒肺) simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted
- 没谱儿(沒譜兒) to have no plan
- 湮没无闻(湮沒無聞) to pass into the unknown
- 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
- 查没(查沒) to confiscate
- 没有人(沒有人) nobody
- 没法(沒法) at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
- 潜没(潛沒) to submerge; to subduct (of tectonic plates)
- 没事儿(沒事兒) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- 沦没(淪沒) to sink; to drown
- 出没无常(出沒無常) to appear and disappear unpredictably
- 没有不透风的墙(沒有不透風的牆) no secret can be kept forever
- 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
- 没品(沒品) lacking in class; tacky; tasteless
- 从没(從沒) never (in the past); never did
- 没脸(沒臉) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
- 昧没(昧沒) veiled; obscure
- 没空(沒空) no time available
- 没用(沒用) useless
- 日没(日沒) sunset; sundown
- 没心眼(沒心眼) outspoken; artless; tactless
- 没经验(沒經驗) inexperienced
- 没药(沒藥) Myrrh
- 没大没小(沒大沒小) impolite; cheeky; impudent
- 没有品味(沒有品味) tasteless
- 没大改变(沒大改變) not significantly changed
- 没治(沒治) hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world
- 没口(沒口) unreservedly; profusely
- 没有形状(沒有形狀) shapeless
- 没齿难忘(沒齒難忘) hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out; to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
- 没戏(沒戲) not a chance; no way; hopeless
- 没人(沒人) nobody ; able to swim underwater
- 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)?
- 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
- 没谁了(沒誰了) nobody can beat that; extraordinary; remarkable
- 没有什么(沒有什麼) it is nothing
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