Chinese word dictionary

没辙

méizhé · at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out

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Word information

Simplified没辙

Traditional沒轍

Pinyinméizhé

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

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

辙zhé

track, rut; stuck in a rut

How to learn 没辙

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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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

没意思méiyìsi

boring; of no interest

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)