没事

沒事
méishì
phrase #2,624

Meanings

  1. 1 it's nothing
  2. 2 it's okay
  3. 3 no problem
  4. 4 to be free; to have nothing to do

Examples

Méishì, bié dānxīn.
It's okay, don't worry.
Nǐ méishì ba?
Are you okay?
Wǒ jīntiān méishì, kěyǐ qù.
I'm free today, I can go.

Tips

usage
没事 has multiple uses: (1) 'it's okay / no problem' as a response, (2) 'are you alright?' in 没事?, (3) 'to be free / have nothing to do' as in 没事.
register
没事 is very colloquial and extremely common in daily conversation. The more formal equivalent is 没关系 (it doesn't matter).

Stroke Order

méi
shì