没 (méi) means Not have (not - negative prefix). Below are 24 of the 278 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
街上几乎 没 有人。
jiēshàng jīhū méiyǒu rén.
There was almost nobody about.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我当时 没 有回答。
wǒ dāngshí méiyǒu huídá.
I didn't answer at the time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
下雨了，我们都 没 有伞。
xiàyǔ le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen dōu méiyǒu sǎn.
It started to rain, and none of us had an umbrella.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
不过我从来 没 有后悔过。
búguò wǒ cónglái méiyǒu hòuhuǐ guò.
But I have never regretted it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
她给我打电话，我 没 接。
tā gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà, wǒ méi jiē.
She rang me and I didn't pick up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
第二天他连谢谢都 没 说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
他还 没 吃饭。
Tā hái méi chīfàn.
He hasn't eaten yet.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 不 vs 没 — the two negations
我 没 吃早饭。
Wǒ méi chī zǎofàn.
I didn't eat breakfast.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
昨天我 没 上班。
Zuótiān wǒ méi shàngbān.
I didn't work yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
没 appears in 278 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 没
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Questions about 没
How is 没 used in a sentence?
This page shows 278 sentences using 没 (méi, "Not have (not - negative prefix)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 没 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 没 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 没?
The dictionary page for 没 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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