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
没劲
méijìn
boring; listless; to lack energy
Characters in this word
劲 jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 会议开了三个小时却没有任何结论，大家都觉得特别没劲。 Huìyì kāi le sān ge xiǎoshí què méiyǒu rènhé jiélùn, dàjiā dōu juéde tèbié méijìn. The meeting lasted three hours but reached no conclusion, so everyone found it especially pointless.
- 一个人在家看电视真没劲，我们出去走走吧。 Yí ge rén zài jiā kàn diànshì zhēn méijìn, wǒmen chūqù zǒuzou ba. Watching TV alone at home is really boring; let's go out for a walk.
- 昨晚没睡好，今天做什么都没劲。 Zuówǎn méi shuì hǎo, jīntiān zuò shénme dōu méijìn. I did not sleep well last night, so I have no energy for anything today.
Related words
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, 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 méixiǎngdào to not expect
- 淹没 yānmò to drown, to submerge
- 埋没 máimò to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
- 没完没了 méiwánméiliǎo endless; never-ending