沒
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méi · not, none, gone

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Shape and proportion

7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 沒

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Example sentences

Notice where 沒 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ de méi yǒu nǐ de hǎo.我的沒有你的好。

Mine is not so good as yours.

Source: Tatoeba #788858 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ méi yǒu dé dào wǒ suǒ yǒu xiǎng yào de.我沒有得到我所有想要的。

I didn't get everything I wanted.

Source: Tatoeba #6065379 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ huán shì méi yǒu zhǎo dào wǒ yào zhǎo de.我還是沒有找到我要找的。

I still haven't found what I am looking for.

Source: Tatoeba #686841 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu nǐ wǒ huó bú xià qù.沒有你我活不下去。

I can't live without you.

Source: Tatoeba #803739 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu nǐ de bāng máng wǒ yě néng zuò.沒有你的幫忙我也能做。

I can do it without your help.

Source: Tatoeba #918661 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shēng huó méi yǒu shuǐ shì bù kě néng de.生活沒有水是不可能的。

It is impossible to live without water.

Source: Tatoeba #798080 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 沒 in context

  1. Say méi, then recall the core meaning: not, none, gone.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 沒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.