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HSK 1 Basics

没(有)

Negating with 没有 (not have, there isn’t)

Structure Subject + 没(有) + object

没有 (méiyǒu), or just 没, is the negative of 有: "not have" or "there isn’t". It also negates actions that did NOT happen (没去 = didn’t go), but that use comes up with the aspect particle 了. Remember the split: 不 negates habitual/future and adjectives; 没 negates "having" and things that didn’t happen.

Examples

  • méiyǒuqián

    I have no money.

  • méiyǒuchē

    He has no car.

  • jiāméiyǒugǒu

    There’s no dog at my house.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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