in English

méi
(negative prefix for verbs) have not / not

Stroke order

Le caractère 没 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 没 Show the animation
Le caractère 沒 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 沒, the traditional character: 没 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • “上周你看电视了吗?”“没有,我没看。”

    "Did you watch TV last week?" "No, I didn't."

  • “以前我们没在哪儿见过吗?”学生问道。

    "Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

  • “你有没有兄弟姐妹?” “没有,我是个独生子女。”

    "Do you have any siblings?" "No, I'm an only child."

  • “她有狗吗?” “没有。”

    "Does she have a dog?" "No, she doesn't."

  • “没门儿!”“有。”

    "No way!" "Way."

  • 8月份没课。

    There is no school during August.

All example sentences with 没

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