HSK Guide

没有沒有 méiyǒu — not to have; there is not

méiyǒu (second tone, rising)mei2you3

Traditional: 沒有

not to have; there is not

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardverbadverb
Practise this wordAsk the AI tutor

Meanings

  1. not to have; there is not

    The negative of 有, for both possession and existence. In speech the 有 is often dropped: 我没钱 is as normal as 我没有钱.

    verb

  2. did not (negating a past action)

    adverb

    To say an action did not happen, use 没有 + verb and drop any 了: 我没有吃饭, never 我没有吃了饭.

Character breakdown

  • 有
    yǒu (third tone, dipping)

    to have, to possess; there is, there are; to exist

    6 strokes⿸𠂇月Radical 月

Example sentences

  • 我没有电脑。我沒有電腦。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) diànnǎo. (fourth tone, falling)···

    I don’t have a computer.

  • 他昨天没有来。他昨天沒有來。Tā (first tone, high and level) zuótiān (second tone, rising) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) lái. (second tone, rising)···

    He didn’t come yesterday.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我没有买了。

    Correct我没有买。

    没有 already says the action did not take place, so the completion marker 了 has nothing left to mark and must go.

Similar words

Words containing 有