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
没收
mòshōu
to confiscate
Characters in this word
收 shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 海关依法没收了这批未申报的文物，并启动追责程序。 Hǎiguān yīfǎ mòshōu le zhè pī wèi shēnbào de wénwù, bìng qǐdòng zhuīzé chéngxù. Customs confiscated this batch of undeclared cultural relics according to law and launched accountability procedures.
- 老师没收了上课时玩的手机。 Lǎoshī mòshōu le shàngkè shí wán de shǒujī. The teacher confiscated the phone that was being played with in class.
- 市场管理员没收了小贩的假货，并罚了款。 Shìchǎng guǎnlǐyuán mòshōu le xiǎofàn de jiǎhuò, bìng fá le kuǎn. The market inspector confiscated the vendor's fake goods and issued a fine.
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