沒有

See also: 没有

Chinese
 
have not; drowned; to end
have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (沒有/没有) 沒/没 有
simp. (没有) 没 有
alternative forms 木有 slang

Pronunciation

Verb

沒有

  1. to not have; to have no; to not be
    沒有演技／没有演技  ―  méiyǒu yǎnjì  ―  to have no acting skills
    我沒有零錢。／我没有零钱。  ―  Wǒ méiyǒu língqián.  ―  I don't have any change.
    她根本就沒有童年。 [MSC, trad.]
    她根本就没有童年。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu tóngnián. [Pinyin]
    She didn't have any kind of childhood.
    人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。 [MSC, trad.]
    人生永远没有太晚的开始。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.
    如果沒有人捐助的話，這個小孩就會永遠失明。 [MSC, trad.]
    如果没有人捐助的话，这个小孩就会永远失明。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rúguǒ méiyǒu rén juānzhù dehuà, zhè ge xiǎohái jiù huì yǒngyuǎn shīmíng. [Pinyin]
    If no one offers assistance this kid will become permanently blind.
  2. there is no; there isn't any; there are no; there aren't any
    沒有最好，只有更好 [MSC, trad.]
    没有最好，只有更好 [MSC, simp.]
    méiyǒu zuìhǎo, zhǐyǒu gènghǎo [Pinyin]
    There is no best, only better.
    杯子裏沒有水。／杯子里没有水。  ―  Bēizǐ lǐ méiyǒu shuǐ.  ―  There isn't any water in the glass.
  3. to be not so ... as (when comparing)
    我沒有弟弟聰明。／我没有弟弟聪明。  ―  Wǒ méiyǒu dìdi cōngmíng.  ―  I'm not as smart as my younger brother.
  4. less than; no more than

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 沒有 (“to not have (+ noun)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 無, 無有
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 沒有
Mandarin Beijing 沒有, 沒
Taiwan 沒有, 沒
Jinan 沒有, 沒
Xi'an 沒有
Wuhan 冇得
Chengdu 沒得
Guilin 沒得
Yangzhou 不得, 沒得
Hefei 沒
Malaysia 沒有, 沒
Singapore 沒有, 沒
Dagudi (Maliba) 不有
Reshuitang (Longling) 不有
Mae Salong (Lancang) 不有
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 不有
Cantonese Guangzhou 冇, 冇有
Hong Kong 冇
Taishan 冇
Hepu (Lianzhou) 冇有
Hepu (Shatian) 冇有
Beihai 冇, 冇有
Beihai (Nankang) 冇
Beihai (Yingpan) 冇有
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 冇, 冇有
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 冇, 冇有
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 冇, 冇有
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 冇
Penang (Guangfu) 冇
Singapore (Guangfu) 冇
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 冇
Móng Cái 冇, 冇有
Gan Nanchang 冒有, 冇
Hakka Meixian 無
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 無
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 無
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 無
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 無
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 無
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 無
Singapore (Dabu) 無
Huizhou Jixi 沒
Jin Taiyuan 沒, 沒啦
Northern Min Jian'ou 無
Eastern Min Fuzhou 無
Singapore (Fuqing) 無
Sitiawan (Gutian) 無
Southern Min Xiamen 無
Quanzhou 無
Zhangzhou 無
Zhao'an 無
Taipei 無
New Taipei (Sanxia) 無
Kaohsiung 無
Yilan 無
Changhua (Lukang) 無
Taichung 無
Tainan 無
Hsinchu 無
Kinmen 無
Penghu (Magong) 無
Penang (Hokkien) 無
Singapore (Hokkien) 無
Manila (Hokkien) 無
Chaozhou 無
Shantou 無
Shantou (Chaoyang) 無
Jieyang 無
Haifeng 無
Bangkok (Teochew) 無
Singapore (Teochew) 無
Batam (Teochew) 無
Pontianak (Teochew) 無
Wenchang 無
Qionghai 無
Singapore (Hainanese) 無
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 無
Wu Shanghai 嘸沒, 嘸 dated
Suzhou 嘸不
Hangzhou 沒有
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 嘸不
Shaoxing 唔有
Ningbo 嘸沒, 嘸 dated
Wenzhou 冇
Jinhua 嘸, 嘸沒
Xiang Changsha 冇得, 冇
Shuangfeng 冇得

Adverb

沒有

  1. have not; haven't; hasn't (done); didn't (do) (indicating non-completion of a verb)
    從來沒有化過妝的人 [MSC, trad.]
    从来没有化过妆的人 [MSC, simp.]
    cónglái méiyǒu huà guò zhuāng de rén [Pinyin]
    a person who has never put on makeup before
    我沒有跟他講。／我没有跟他讲。  ―  Wǒ méiyǒu gēn tā jiǎng.  ―  I didn't speak with him.
    你吃飯了沒有？／你吃饭了没有？  ―  Nǐ chīfàn le méiyǒu?  ―  Have you eaten (or not)?
    他們好久沒有通信了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们好久没有通信了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le. [Pinyin]
    They haven't written to each other for a long time.

Derived terms
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