méi

not; (negative prefix for verbs); have not

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 72nd character
Radical ⽔ (85.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 867
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

没 méi
  1. 1. not
  2. 2. (negative prefix for verbs)
  3. 3. have not
没 mò
  1. 1. to die
  2. 2. to end
  3. 3. to inundate
  4. 4. drowned

Stroke order

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Words containing 没

Word Meaning
listless; dispirited; washed out
to pass into oblivion; to obliterate; to submerge
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
hopeless; incurable; helpless
to be clueless; to have no plan
ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people)
to disappear; to vanish gradually; to fade out
really good; no problem; nothing to discuss
to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
to immerse; to swamp
annihilated; capsized
fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
to appear and disappear unpredictably
every meeting ends; nothing lasts forever
a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
dialectal equivalent of méi yǒu
all good things end; people must part
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
almost; nearly; (i.e. same as chà diǎn)