没有 (méiyǒu) means Not have (did not - is not). Below are 24 of the 144 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
对方还 没有 回复。
Duìfāng hái méiyǒu huífù.
The other party has not replied yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 对方
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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
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
From the grammar library
没有 appears in 144 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 144 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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