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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• 没趣(沒趣) embarrassing; dull; unsatisfactory
• 没劲儿(沒勁兒) to have no strength
• 开弓没有回头箭(開弓沒有回頭箭) once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back; once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started
• 没心眼(沒心眼) outspoken; artless; tactless
• 没上没下(沒上沒下) no respect for seniors; lacking in manners
• 没完没了(沒完沒了) without end; incessantly; on and on
• 没世(沒世) to die
• 没皮子(沒皮子) to lose face
• 没经验(沒經驗) inexperienced
• 没日没夜(沒日沒夜) day and night; regardless of the time of day or night
• 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
• 没谱儿(沒譜兒) to have no plan
• 没底(沒底) unsure; uncertain; unending
• 覆没(覆沒) to annihilate; to sink
• 没大没小(沒大沒小) impolite; cheeky; impudent
• 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 没有事(沒有事) not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening
• 没吃没穿(沒吃沒穿) to be without food and clothing; poor
• 没人(沒人) nobody ; able to swim underwater
• 没分寸(沒分寸) inappropriate; bad-mannered
• 没什么(沒甚麼) nothing; it doesn't matter; never mind ; nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
• 叫花子没有猢狲(叫花子沒有猢猻) a beggar without a monkey
• 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
• 没门儿(沒門兒) no way; impossible
• 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
• 籍没(籍沒) to confiscate
• 隐没(隱沒) to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
• 没治(沒治) hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world
• 功不可没(功不可沒) one's contributions cannot go unnoticed
• 没事儿(沒事兒) it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
• 没命(沒命) to lose one's life; to die
• 沦没(淪沒) to sink; to drown
• 没有生育能力(沒有生育能力) infertile; unable to have children
• 没大改变(沒大改變) not significantly changed
• 有嘴没舌(有嘴沒舌) struck dumb; speechless
• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
• 吞没(吞沒) to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
• 自讨没趣(自討沒趣) to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
• 从没(從沒) never (in the past); never did
• 没谱(沒譜) to be clueless; to have no plan
• 湮没(湮沒) to bury; to submerge ; to die
• 查没(查沒) to confiscate
• 没有人烟(沒有人煙) uninhabited
• 没水(沒水) sink in the water
• 没劲(沒勁) to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest
• 没头没脑(沒頭沒腦) without reason
• 没意思(沒意思) boring; of no interest ; not sincere ; not reasonable
• 差点没(差點沒) almost; nearly
• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 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)?

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