没有

沒有

méiyǒu

verb HSK 1 #48

Meanings

1 to not have
2 there is not
3 did not (negating past action)

Characters

to have; there is

Examples

我没有钱。

Wǒ méiyǒu qián.

I don't have money.

这里没有人。

Zhèlǐ méiyǒu rén.

There's nobody here.

他没有来。

Tā méiyǒu lái.

He didn't come.

Tips

grammar

没有 has two main uses: (1) negating 有 — 我没有书 (I don't have a book); (2) negating past actions — 我没有去 (I didn't go). In the second usage, 有 is optional: 我没去 also works.

Stroke Order

没 méi

有 yǒu