沒有

See also: 没有

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

Pronunciation

Verb

沒有

  1. to not have; to not be
    我沒有零錢。 / 我没有零钱。  ―  Wǒ méiyǒu língqián.  ―  I don't have any change.
    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.
    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.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 沒有 (“to not have (+ noun)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 無
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
Yangzhou 不得, 沒得
Hefei 沒
Cantonese Guangzhou 冇, 冇有
Hong Kong 冇
Taishan 冇
Gan Nanchang 冒有
Hakka Meixian 無
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 無
Liudui (S. Sixian) 無
Hsinchu (Hailu) 無
Dongshi (Dabu) 無
Hsinchu (Raoping) 無
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 無
Jin Taiyuan 沒, 沒啦
Min Dong Fuzhou 無
Min Nan Xiamen 無
Quanzhou 無
Zhangzhou 無
Taipei 無
Kaohsiung 無
Tainan 無
Taichung 無
Hsinchu 無
Lukang 無
Sanxia 無
Yilan 無
Kinmen 無
Magong 無
Penang 無
Singapore 無
Philippines (Manila) 無
Chaozhou 無
Shantou 無
Thailand (Bangkok) 無
Wu Shanghai 嘸沒
Suzhou 嘸不
Wenzhou 冇
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)
    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)?

Derived terms
Derived terms from 沒有
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