Word information
Simplified没事
Traditional沒事
Pinyinméishì
Part of speech动
HSK 3.01
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
没事
méishì · it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
Character breakdown
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Words with the same characters
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没méi
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
没关系méiguānxiit doesn't matter
没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
没意思méiyìsiboring; of no interest
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]