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没有 Traditional: 沒有
Pinyin méiyǒu IPA [meɪ˧˥ joʊ˨˩˦] Zhuyin ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ
HSK 1 adverb 副词 Book 1 · Lesson 10 freq #46

Meaning

Negates 有 ('not have; there isn't') and marks that a past action did not happen: 我没有去 'I didn't go'. In speech it is often shortened to 没.

Examples

我没有猫。 wǒ méi yǒu māo I don't have a cat.
我没有狗。 wǒ méi yǒu gǒu I don't have a dog.
没有人来了。 méi yǒu rén lái le No one came.

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