Chinese word dictionary

没法儿

méifǎr · (coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...; (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)

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Word information

Simplified没法儿

Traditional沒法兒

Pinyinméifǎr

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

没méi

not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown

法fǎ

law, rule, statute; method, way; French

儿ér

son, child

How to learn 没法儿

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儿子érzi

son

没méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

没关系méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

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)

没有méiyǒu

haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be