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
没辙
méizhé
to have no way out; to be at one's wits' end
Characters in this word
辙 zhé
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对供应链突然中断，工厂一时也没辙，只能暂停部分订单。 Miànduì gōngyìngliàn tūrán zhōngduàn, gōngchǎng yìshí yě méizhé, zhǐ néng zàntíng bùfen dìngdān. Faced with a sudden supply-chain disruption, the factory was at a loss and could only suspend some orders.
- 孩子哭个不停，我真是没辙了。 Háizi kū ge bù tíng, wǒ zhēnshi méizhé le. The child will not stop crying, and I am really at my wits' end.
- 电脑突然打不开了，连修理师傅也没辙。 Diànnǎo tūrán dǎ bù kāi le, lián xiūlǐ shīfu yě méizhé. The computer suddenly will not turn on, and even the repairman is stumped.
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
- 没劲 méijìn boring; listless; to lack energy