没有

没有 méiyǒu in a sentence

Not have (did not - is not)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 39 sentences

没有 (méiyǒu) means Not have (did not - is not). Below are 24 of the 39 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

没有 钱。

Wǒ méiyǒu qián.

I don't have money.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 没有

没有 办法。

Méiyǒu bànfǎ.

There's no way.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 办法

没有 时间。

Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān.

I don't have time.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 时间

昨天他 没有 来。

Zuótiān tā méiyǒu lái.

He didn't come yesterday.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 昨天

冰箱里 没有 饮料了。

Bīngxiāng lǐ méiyǒu yǐnliào le.

There are no drinks left in the fridge.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 冰箱

这两件事 没有 关系。

Zhè liǎng jiàn shì méiyǒu guānxi.

These two matters are unrelated.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关系

过去这里 没有 地铁。

Guòqù zhèlǐ méiyǒu dìtiě.

In the past there was no subway here.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 过去

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

我八点到学校, 没有 迟到。

wǒ bā diǎn dào xuéxiào, méiyǒu chídào.

I got to school at eight and wasn't late.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

我们 没有 带伞,只好跑回家。

wǒmen méiyǒu dài sǎn, zhǐhǎo pǎo huíjiā.

We hadn't brought an umbrella, so we had to run home.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day

我的手机没电了,也 没有 地图。

wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méi diàn le / liǎo / liào, yě méiyǒu dìtú.

My phone was dead and I had no map.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

From the travel phrasebook

没有

Méiyǒu.

Nothing (to declare).

Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration

没有 热水。

Méiyǒu rèshuǐ.

There's no hot water.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

没有 零钱。

Méiyǒu língqián.

I don't have change.

Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment

没有 零钱。

Wǒ méiyǒu língqián.

I don't have change.

Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment

没有 发烧?

Yǒu méiyǒu fāshāo?

Do you have a fever?

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

没有 过敏?

Yǒu méiyǒu guòmǐn?

Do you have any allergies?

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

没有 质保?

Yǒu méiyǒu zhìbǎo?

Is there a warranty?

Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)

From the grammar library

没有 车。

Wǒ méiyǒu chē.

I don't have a car.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 不 vs 没 — the two negations

没有 他高。

Wǒ méiyǒu tā gāo.

I'm not as tall as he is.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons

你有 没有 时间?

Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu shíjiān?

Do you have time?

Grammar library · HSK 2 · A-not-A questions

没有 appears in 39 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.

Questions about 没有

How is 没有 used in a sentence?

This page shows 39 sentences using 没有 (méiyǒu, "Not have (did not - is not)"), 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.

Is 没有 an HSK word?

Yes — 没有 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 没有?

The dictionary page for 没有 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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