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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

没有 [méiyǒu]
  1. 1. verb [不具有] not have
    我没有手机。
    I don't have a mobile phone.
  2. 2. verb [不存在] there is not
    办公室里没有人。
    There's no one in the office.
  3. 3. verb [全都不]
    放心吧，没有谁敢欺负你。
    Relax – no one's going to dare to bully you.
    他们中没有谁敢说谎。
    None of them dares to lie.
    没有一个答案是正确的。
    None of the answers are correct.
  4. 4. verb [不如] be not as … as …
    他没有你努力。
    He's not as hard working as you.
    我的房子没有你的大。
    My house isn't as big as yours.
  5. 5. verb [不到] be less than
    他们干了没有两个小时就休息了。
    They had been working for less than two hours when they took a rest.
  6. 6. adverb [尚未] not yet
    庄稼还没有成熟。
    The crops haven't ripened yet.
  7. 7. adverb [未曾] never before
    我没有吃过西餐。
    I have never eaten Western food before.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

没有 [méiyǒu]
  1. 1. not have; there is not; be without; go without;no
    电影票早没有了。
    Tickets for the film were sold out quite a while ago.
    屋里没有人。
    There isn't anyone in the room.
    你说的这种事我们那儿是没有的。
    That kind of thing never happens at our place.
  2. 2. be not so ...as
    我弟弟没有他聪明。
    My younger brother is not so clever as he.
    谁都没有他跑得快。
    No one can run as fast as he.
  3. 3. less than; not more than
    他来了还没有三天就走了。
    He was here less than three days.
    这间屋子没有十平方米。
    This room is not more than 10 metres square.
  4. 4. have not or did not
    衣服还没有干。
    The clothes aren't dry yet.
    我没有着急，只是有点担心。
    I'm not upset, but a bit worried.
    没有经过专业训练的业余歌唱家
    an untrained amateur singer
  5. 5. noun zero; nothing
  6. 6. preposition minus

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

没有 [méiyǒu]
  1. 1. 意义和用法同"没(ｍéｉ)"。口语中多用"没"。
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Examples

没有调查就没有发言权。
No investigation, no right to speak.
世上决没有无缘无故的爱，也没有无缘无故的恨。
There is absolutely no such thing in the world as love or hate without cause or reason.
他没有答复，想必没有收到我的信。
No word from him yet; presumably he hasn't received my letter.
商场上没有永远的败将，也没有常胜将军。
There are no permanent losers in the business world, neither are there permanent winners.
现在没有奴隶社会了，所以也就没有奴隶主了。
Since there is no slave society, there are no slave-owners.
没有共产党就没有新中国。
Without the Chinese Communist Party, there would be no new China.
没有信息化，便没有经济的腾飞
没有调查，就没有发言权
嗳，没有这回事。你别信他。
No, it isn't true. Don't believe what he says.
这张两用沙发没有合适的地方安放。
There's nowhere to put the sofa bed.
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Word Decomposition

没
[méi] 		+ 有
[yǒu]

nciku Note

The adverb as a conveyor of affirmation or negation

The adverb as a conveyor of affirmation or negation

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" de and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives.

Adverbs can also be used as conveyors of affirmation or negation, such as "不" bù , "没" méi , "没有" méiyǒu , "一定" yídìng, "准" zhǔn , "未必" wèibì , "必然" bìrán , "必定" bìdìng , "未" wèi , "别" bié , "莫" mò , "休" xiū , "勿" wù , etc.
(1) 我不是学生。
(2) 他没看书。
(3) 你一定见过他。
(4) 你准见过他。
(5) 你未必见过他。
(6) 我从未见过他。
(7) 你别去了。
(8) 莫慌。
(9) 请勿在此地乱丢垃圾。

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