没有 Traditional: 沒有
Pinyin IPA [meɪ˧˥ joʊ˨˩˦] Zhuyin
HSK 1 adverb 副词 Book 1 · Lesson 10 freq #46
Meaning
- adverb 副词 there is not
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.
- haven't
- hasn't
- doesn't exist
- to not have
- to not be
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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