没

méi · mò

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 7 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深活洋温

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Character Decomposition

没=氵+殳

Etymology

water

Meanings2 pronunciations

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

mò

drowned

to end

to die

to inundate

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Words with 没 479 total

annihilated · capsized覆没fù mò (literary) (of the government) to register and confiscate (sb's property)籍没jí mò dialectal equivalent of méi yǒu呒没m méi to immerse · to swamp浸没jìn mò to sink · to drown沦没lún mò veiled · obscure昧没mèi mò

Idioms with 没 63 total Chain

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā (idiom) · fig. things have not even begun to take shape · no sign of success yet八字没一撇bā zì méi yī piě to appear and disappear unpredictably出没无常chū mò wú cháng While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives · undying gratitude没齿难忘mò chǐ nán wàng