没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #527 U+6CA1
How 没 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 殳 (phonetic, shū)
components: 氵 殳
How to remember it
not have · Heisig RSH #647
水 water + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 殳
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 殳 (shū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殳 sound component | shū | tool, weapon |
| 投 | tóu | to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest |
| 设 | shè | to build, to design; to establish; to offer |
| 股 | gǔ | share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump |
| 觳 | hú | goblet, horn; frightened |
| 殁 | mò | dead; to die |
Words containing 没
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有没有 | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, t… |
| 没水平 | méi shuǐ píng | disgraceful; poor quality; substandard |
| 没法儿 | méi fǎ r | (coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credi… |
| 没有意义 | méi yǒu yì yì | not to have any meaning; meaningless |
| 没事儿 | méi shì r | to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind |
| 没有法 | méi yǒu fǎ | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice |
| 没门儿 | méi mén r | no way; impossible |
| 没天理 | méi tiān lǐ | (old) unprincipled; incorrect; (modern) unnatural; against reason; incredible |
| 没有事 | méi yǒu shì | not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening |
| 家花没有野花香 | jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiāng | lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom); fig. … |
| 没心眼 | méi xīn yǎn | outspoken; artless; tactless |
| 没空儿 | méi kòng r | having no time |
| 没长眼 | méi zhǎng yǎn | see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5] |
| 没起子 | méi qǐ zi | (dialect) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless |
| 没好气 | méi hǎo qì | to be in a bad mood |
| 出没无常 | chū mò wú cháng | to appear and disappear unpredictably |
| 没有关系 | méi yǒu guān xi | see 沒關係|没关系[mei2 guan1 xi5] |
| 没大没小 | méi dà méi xiǎo | impolite; cheeky; impudent |
| 没有意思 | méi yǒu yì si | boring; of no interest |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |