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
没落
mòluò
to decline; to fall into decay
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这座港口的没落并非偶然，而是贸易路线转移后的必然结果。 Zhè zuò gǎngkǒu de mòluò bìngfēi ǒurán, ér shì màoyì lùxiàn zhuǎnyí hòu de bìrán jiéguǒ. The decline of this port was not accidental, but an inevitable result of trade routes shifting.
- 这个曾经繁华的小镇，如今已经没落了。 Zhè gè céngjīng fánhuá de xiǎozhèn, rújīn yǐjīng mòluò le. This once prosperous little town has now fallen into decline.
- 随着年轻人搬走，这条老街一天天没落下去。 Suízhe niánqīngrén bān zǒu, zhè tiáo lǎojiē yì tiān tiān mòluò xiàqù. As the young people moved away, this old street declined day by day.
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