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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

没 [méi]
  1. 1. verb not have
    他们没孩子。
    They don't have any children.
    屋子里没人。
    There's no one in the room.
  2. 2. adverb not
    他没去美国。
    He did not go to America.
    他没看过大海。
    He's never seen the sea before.
    他没吃早餐就走了。
    He left before eating breakfast.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

没 [méi]
  1. 1. verb [verbal] not have; there is not; be without
    他还没女朋友。
    He doesn't have a girlfriend yet.
    这儿没人。
    There's nobody here.
    她没钱了。
    She has no more money.
    小明没哥哥。
    那儿没有珠宝。
    我没那本书。
    我家没电了。
  2. 2. verb [verbal] be not so... as
    我没你高。
    I'm not so tall as you.
    谁都没他会说话。
    No one is as eloquent as he is.
    我还没一米八。
    他没你成绩好。
  3. 3. verb [verbal] less than; not more than
    他去了没多大工夫。
    He wasn't gone for long.
    我家里没多大地方。
    There isn't much space in my home.
    他刚离开没多久。
  4. 4. adverb have not or did not
    他来没来? —还没来呢。
    Has he come yet? —Not yet.
    她三天没来了。
    She hasn't been here for three days.
    你买了吗? —没买。
    Did you buy it? —No, I didn't.
    银行昨天没开门。
    The bank was closed yesterday.
    你没去过上海？
    你最近没来过吗？
    我好久没去中关村了。
    我今天一天没吃饭。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

没 [méi]
  1. 1. 动 没有;无。a)对领有、具有的否定
    手里没钱
    这本书没看头。
  2. 2. b)对存在的否定
    街上没车
    今天没人来。
  3. 3. c)表示数量不足，相当于“不到”
    用了没两天就坏了
    这间屋子肯定没10平方米。
  4. 4. d)用于比较，表示不及，相当于“不如”
    弟弟没哥哥高
    谁都没他跑得快。
  5. 5. 副 未;不曾(对"已然""曾经"的否定)
    我没看过他演的电影
    衣服没干
    病还没好利落。
  6. 6. 右上是"??",不是"刀""九"。
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Examples

我是既没工夫又没兴趣，总之，我不干。
I have neither the time nor the inclination; in short, I refuse. → 总之
这次的坐谈会真没意思, 会没过半我就溜之乎也。
The forum was so dull that I sneaked away after a few minutes. → 溜之乎也
四季豆现在还没下市, 我逛了几天都没买到。
Kidney beans didn't go out of season yet, but I wasn't able to buy it several times. → 下市
没学历, 没技术, 你不被公司下课才怪呢。 → 下课
我从来没去过南极, 所以没见过南极光。
I haven’t been to Antarctica, so I haven’t seen the Southern Lights. → 南极光
这次没考好，主要原因是没重视。
The main reason I didn't do well in this exam is that I didn't take it very seriously. → 原因
这样棘手的事,真是没法儿解决。也说没法子。 → 没法儿
他工作没做好，心里很懊恼。
He was quite upset at not having done his work well. → 懊恼
你的喜事准备得怎么样了? —八字还没一撇儿呢。
How are the wedding preparations going? —Oh, we haven't even got off the ground yet. → 八字还没一撇儿
缺少经费，这事没法办。
It is impossible to do the job without the necessary funds. → 办
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Character Decomposition

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[shuǐ]		 + 殳
[shū]

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nciku Note

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" and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives. Adverbs can also be used as conveyors of affirmation or negation, such as "不", "没", "没有"， "一定"， "准", "未必", "必然", "必定", "未", "别", "莫", "休", "勿", etc.

e.g. （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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