没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
没什么
méishénme
it's nothing, never mind
Characters in this word
什 shén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 没什么，我不累。 Méishénme, wǒ bú lèi. It's nothing, I'm not tired.
- 没什么，真的。 Méishénme, zhēn de. It's nothing, really.
- 没什么，谢谢你。 Méishénme, xièxie nǐ. It's nothing, thanks.
- 你没什么朋友吗？ Nǐ méi shénme péngyou ma? You don't have many friends?
- 妈妈没什么病。 Māma méi shénme bìng. There's nothing wrong with Mom.
- 老师没什么事。 Lǎoshī méi shénme shì. The teacher isn't busy.
- 我没什么东西。 Wǒ méi shénme dōngxi. I don't have much stuff.
- 别生气，没什么。 Bié shēngqì, méishénme. Don't get angry, it's nothing.
- 没什么，去吃饭吧。 Méishénme, qù chīfàn ba. It's nothing, let's go eat.
- 没什么，喝杯茶吧。 Méishénme, hē bēi chá ba. Never mind, have a cup of tea.
Related words
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没用 méiyòng useless
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 没法儿 méifǎr to have no way to
- 没想到 méi xiǎngdào to not expect
- 淹没 yānmò to drown, to submerge
- 埋没 máimò to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
- 没劲 méijìn boring; listless; to lack energy
- 没完没了 méiwánméiliǎo endless; never-ending