沒事

See also: 没事

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (沒事/没事)		沒/没	事
simp. (没事)		没	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): méishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мәсы (məsɨ, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méishìh
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-shih⁴
    • Yale: méi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishyh
    • Palladius: мэйши (mɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (沒事兒／没事儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méishìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méishìhr
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: méi-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meishell
    • Palladius: мэйшир (mɛjšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мәсы (məsɨ, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mə²⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: muht sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² siː²²/

Interjection

沒事

1. (colloquial) no problem; don't worry about it; that's OK; no worries

Usage notes

• Used colloquially to reply to someone who has just apologised to the speaker or thanked the speaker for something.

Verb

沒事

1. to be OK; to be all right; to be out of danger or trouble; to be fine

   你沒事嗎？／你没事吗？  ―  Nǐ méishì ma?  ―  Are you OK?

   他會沒事的。／他会没事的。  ―  Tā huì méishì de.  ―  He'll be all right.

   照我說的做，保險沒事。 [MSC, trad.]
   照我说的做，保险没事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhào wǒ shuō de zuò, bǎoxiǎn méishì. [Pinyin]

   Do as I say and I am sure you will be fine.

2. to have nothing to do; to be free

   我天天上班沒事幹。 [MSC, trad.]
   我天天上班没事干。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ tiāntiān shàngbān méishì gàn. [Pinyin]

   There's never anything for me to do at work.

See also

• 不要緊／不要紧 (bùyàojǐn)
• 沒關係／没关系 (méi guānxi)
• 沒什麼／没什么 (méishénme)
• 沒問題／没问题 (méiwèntí)
• (Cantonese) 冇問題／冇问题, 冇事, 冇嘢