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Haven't in Chinese: 没有 (méi yǒu)

méi yǒu

haven't

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 沒有1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1haven't
  2. 2hasn't
  3. 3doesn't exist
  4. 4to not have
  5. 5to not be

Stroke order

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没
有

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄟˊ

méi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

没有

Simplified

沒有

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我没有钱买这本书。

    wǒ méi yǒu qián mǎi zhè běn shū。

    I don't have money to buy this book.

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Related words

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not

有

yǒu

to have

有名

yǒu míng

famous

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

有趣

yǒu qù

interesting

有利

yǒu lì

advantageous

还有

hái yǒu

furthermore

有的

yǒu de

(there are) some (who are...)

有时

yǒu shí

sometimes

有些

yǒu xiē

some

有用

yǒu yòng

useful

有人

yǒu rén

someone

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