méi

not, have not, none; drown, sink

DEFINITIONS

没 méi
  • (negative prefix for verbs)
  • have not
  • not
没 mò
  • drowned
  • to end
  • to die
  • to inundate

STROKES

WORDS

精打采 méi jīng dǎ cǎi listless; dispirited; washed out; also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩
yān mò to bury; to submerge; to pass into oblivion; to obliterate; to annihilate (physics)
功不可 gōng bù kě mò one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
治 méi zhì hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world
谱 méi pǔ to be clueless; to have no plan
脸 méi liǎn ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
yǐn mò to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
说的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on; really good; nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
自讨趣 zì tǎo méi qù to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
二话说 èr huà méi shuō see 二話不說|二话不说[er4 hua4 bu4 shuo1]
jìn mò to immerse; to swamp
fù mò annihilated; capsized
三个和尚水吃 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ chī see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]
三个和尚水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom); fig. everybody's business is nobody's business; (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不干不净,吃了病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb); a couple of germs won't do you any harm
八字一撇 bā zì méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
八字还一撇 bā zì hái méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
八字还一撇儿 bā zì hái méi yī piě r lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
无常 chū mò wú cháng to appear and disappear unpredictably
千里搭长棚,有不散的宴席 qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
嘴上毛,办事不牢 zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
ḿ méi dialectal equivalent of 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]
天下有不散的宴席 tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2]
天下有不散的筵席 tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí all good things must come to an end (idiom)
差点 chà diǎn méi almost; nearly; (i.e. same as 差點|差点[cha4 dian3])