This is the 181st most frequent Chinese word.

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"没" means "not," "not have," or "lack."


This sentence demonstrates that '没' is used to indicate a negative past action, functioning as a negation word to convey 'did not' or 'have not'.

我今天没有去学校。

I didn't go to school today.


Here, '没' is used in a negative existential construction, expressing 'there is not' or 'there are no'.

这里没什么好看的。

There's nothing interesting to see here.


In this sentence, '没' is utilized to denote that a state or action had not occurred yet or was not achieved in the past.

那个时候手机还没普及。

At that time, cell phones were not yet widespread.