没门

沒門

méimén

interjection #4,236

Meanings

你想借我的车？没门！

Nǐ xiǎng jiè wǒ de chē? Méimén!

You want to borrow my car? No way!

让我加班？没门儿。

Ràng wǒ jiābān? Méiménr.

Make me work overtime? Not a chance.

没门 is colloquial and blunt. In northern dialects, 没门儿 with the 儿 suffix is common.

memory

Literally 'no door' — imagine someone looking for a way in and finding no door. There's simply no way through.

没 méi

门 mén