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没有

méiyǒu

not have, there is no; did not

HSK 1 · Topic “Have and have not” Adverbs
not have, there is no; did not
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

有 yǒu

Strokes
6
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
𠂇 hand 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我没有钱。 Wǒ méiyǒu qián. I don't have any money.
  • 她没有妹妹。 Tā méiyǒu mèimei. She doesn't have a younger sister.
  • 我昨天没有去。 Wǒ zuótiān méiyǒu qù. I didn't go yesterday.
  • 你没有本子吗？ Nǐ méiyǒu běnzi ma? Don't you have a notebook?
  • 我们没有课。 Wǒmen méiyǒu kè. We have no class.
  • 那里没有水。 Nàli méiyǒu shuǐ. There's no water there.
  • 他没有回家。 Tā méiyǒu huíjiā. He didn't go home.
  • 李月昨天没有上课。 Lǐ Yuè zuótiān méiyǒu shàngkè. Li Yue didn't come to class yesterday.
  • 老师没有电脑。 Lǎoshī méiyǒu diànnǎo. The teacher doesn't have a computer.
  • 妈妈，我们没有米饭了。 Māma, wǒmen méiyǒu mǐfàn le. Mom, we're out of rice.

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