没钱

沒錢

méiqián

phrase

Meanings

1 to have no money
2 to be broke

Characters

not have; without

Examples

我这个月没钱了。

Wǒ zhège yuè méi qián le.

I'm out of money this month.

他没钱买新手机。

Tā méi qián mǎi xīn shǒujī.

He doesn't have money to buy a new phone.

没钱也能过得开心。

Méi qián yě néng guò de kāixīn.

You can still live happily without money.

Tips

grammar

没钱 is the negation of 有钱 ('to have money / be rich'). Note that 不有钱 is ungrammatical — use 没 to negate 有. The opposite isn't 'not rich' but specifically 'doesn't have money'.

Stroke Order

没 méi

钱 qián