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
• 出没无常(出沒無常) to appear and disappear unpredictably
• 没有意义(沒有意義) not to have any meaning; meaningless
• 没齿不忘(沒齒不忘) will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out; to remember as long as one lives
• 有的没的(有的沒的) trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish
• 制没药(製沒藥) Myrrh
• 从来没(從來沒) have never; has never
• 没趣(沒趣) embarrassing; dull; unsatisfactory
• 没来由(沒來由) without any reason; for no reason
• 没电(沒電) discharged; flat; dead (of batteries)
• 没什么(沒甚麼) nothing; it doesn't matter; never mind ; nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
• 昧没(昧沒) veiled; obscure
• 没入(沒入) to confiscate
• 过了这村没这店(過了這村沒這店) past this village, you won't find this shop; this is your last chance
• 湮没(湮沒) to bury; to submerge ; to die
• 没得挑剔(沒得挑剔) excellent in every respect; flawless
• 没空(沒空) no time available
• 没有人烟(沒有人煙) uninhabited
• 没有劲头儿(沒有勁頭兒) to have no strength
• 没得说(沒得說) really good; excellent
• 没完没了(沒完沒了) without end; incessantly; on and on
• 没门儿(沒門兒) no way; impossible
• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 抄没(抄沒) to confiscate possessions
• 没有人(沒有人) nobody
• 籍没(籍沒) to confiscate
• 神出鬼没(神出鬼沒) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost; elusive
• 没辙(沒轍) unable to solve
• 没说的(沒說的) really good ; no comments to add
• 泯没(泯沒) to disappear without a trace
• 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
• 没命(沒命) to lose one's life; to die
• 没良心(沒良心) without a conscience
• 覆没(覆沒) to annihilate; to sink
• 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
• 没问题(沒問題) no problem
• 没有(沒有) to not have; there is not ; to not have; there is not
• 没吃没穿(沒吃沒穿) to be without food and clothing; poor
• 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.
• 透心没肺(透心沒肺) heartless
• 没谱儿(沒譜兒) to have no plan
• 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
• 没心没肺(沒心沒肺) simple-minded; thoughtless; heartless; nitwitted
• 没了(沒了) to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist
• 没空儿(沒空兒) having no time
• 没用(沒用) useless
• 没大改变(沒大改變) not significantly changed
• 没有脸皮(沒有臉皮) ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
• 没戏(沒戲) not a chance; no way; hopeless
• 溶没(溶沒) to fade away; to disappear; to hide from view

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