沒

See also: 没

Translingual

Stroke order

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trad.		沒
simp.		没

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 𠬛 – drown in water.

Han character

沒 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水弓水 (ENE), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵𠬛)

Descendants

• 没

References

• KangXi: page 611, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17204
• Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1571, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C92

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Chinese

		-
trad.		沒
simp.		没

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mu̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): bo̍at
• Wu (WT Romanisation): meq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶
    • Yale: muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /muːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mu̍t
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /mut̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍at
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: meq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /məʔ¹²/

Old Chinese pronunciation (沒, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
沒								mò								‹ mwot ›								/*mˤut/								to dive, drown, die
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
沒					9235					没					物					1					没					/*mɯːd/

Definitions

沒

1. not have; there is not; to be without

   這兒沒人。 [MSC, trad.]

   这儿没人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèr méi rén. [Pinyin]

   There's nobody here.

2. be not so ... as (when comparing)

   我沒你高。 [MSC, trad.]

   我没你高。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ méi nǐ gāo. [Pinyin]

   I'm not as tall as you.

3. less than, no more than
4. have not or did not (negative prefix for verbs, translated into other languages with verbs in the past tense)

   他沒來。 [MSC, trad.]

   他没来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā méi lái. [Pinyin]

   He hasn't come.

5. negative prefix for verb 有

   我沒有朋友。 [MSC, trad.]

   我没有朋友。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ méiyǒu péngyǒu. [Pinyin]

   I have no friends.

6. negative prefix for adjectives

   沒意思／没意思 (méiyìsi, "uninteresting")

See also

• 不 (bù)
• 無／无 (wú)
• (Min Nan) 無／无 (bô)
• 沒有／没有
• (Cantonese) 冇 (mou5), 冇有 (mou5 jau5)
• (Wu) 嘸沒／呒没 (hhmm meq (T3))

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mu̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): bo̍at
• Wu (WT Romanisation): meq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶
    • Yale: muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /muːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mu̍t
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /mut̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍at
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: meq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /məʔ¹²/

Old Chinese pronunciation (沒, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
沒								mò								‹ mwot ›								/*mˤut/								to dive, drown, die
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
沒					9235					没					物					1					没					/*mɯːd/

Definitions

沒

1. to drown, to sink; to inundate

   淹沒／淹没 (yānmò, "to submerge; to inundate")

2. to end
3. to die

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Japanese

Kanji

沒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぼつ (botsu), ばい (bai), ば (ba)
• Kun: しずむ (shizumu), おわる (owaru), しぬ (shinu)

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Korean

Hanja

沒 (mol) (hangeul 몰, McCune-Reischauer mol, Yale mol)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沒 (một)

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