没
méi
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
我没吃早饭，现在很饿。
wǒ méi chī zǎofàn，xiànzài hěn è。
I have not eaten breakfast, and now I am very hungry.
她没告诉我她要去哪里。
tā méi gàosù wǒ tā yào qù nǎlǐ。
She did not tell me where she was going.
Words with 没
没戏
méi xì
(coll.) not a chance
有没有
yǒu méi yǒu
(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?
没脸
méi liǎn
ashamed
吞没
tūn mò
to embezzle
没法儿
méi fǎ r
(coll.) can't do anything about it
功不可没
gōng bù kě mò
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
淹没
yān mò
to submerge
没劲
méi jìn
to have no strength
过了这个村就没这个店
guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
过了这村没这店
guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn
past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的
qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de
money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
开弓没有回头箭
kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)