没门

沒門

méimén

interjection #4,236

Meanings

1 no way
2 not a chance
3 no deal

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

你想借我的车？没门！

Nǐ xiǎng jiè wǒ de chē? Méimén!

You want to borrow my car? No way!

HSK 4

让我加班？没门儿。

Ràng wǒ jiābān? Méiménr.

Make me work overtime? Not a chance.

Tips

register

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.

Stroke Order

没 méi

门 mén