没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
Formation & memory
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How 没 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 meaning “water” + 殳 sound ()
Components 氵 殳
How to remember it
not have · Heisig RSH #647
水 water + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 没
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没事儿 | to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 没有 | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be | |
| 没关系 | it doesn't matter | |
| 没什么 | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're… | |
| 有没有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, t… | |
| 没水平 | disgraceful; poor quality; substandard | |
| 没法儿 | (coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credi… | |
| 没有意义 | not to have any meaning; meaningless | |
| 没有法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 没门儿 | no way; impossible | |
| 没天理 | (old) unprincipled; incorrect; (modern) unnatural; against reason; incredible | |
| 没有事 | not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening | |
| 家花没有野花香 | lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom); fig. … | |
| 没心眼 | outspoken; artless; tactless | |
| 没空儿 | having no time | |
| 没长眼 | see 沒長眼睛|没长眼睛[mei2 zhang3 yan3 jing5] | |
| 没起子 | (dialect) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless | |
| 没好气 | to be in a bad mood | |
| 出没无常 | to appear and disappear unpredictably | |
| 没有关系 | see 沒關係|没关系[mei2 guan1 xi5] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 殳 — compare how they read.