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méi

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méi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méi | mei2
English translation
not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown

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About méi

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

méi

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of méi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

shuǐ ⿱? yòu

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Explanation

Simplified form of méi . Pictograph of a hand reaching in the water to grab something. Later the meaning shifted to "drown". This meaning is only used when the character is pronouned "mò". When pronounced "méi" (which is much more common), it means "not hav

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Words with méi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
没有 méiyǒu haven't沒有
méi not méi
没什么 méi shén me nothing沒什麼
没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter沒關係
从没 cóng méi never did從沒
没事 méi shì it's nothing沒事
没法 méi fǎ at a loss沒法
没用 méi yòng useless沒用
没收 mò shōu to seize沒收
没事儿 méi shì r to have spare time沒事兒
淹没 yānmò to submerge淹沒
没意思 méi yì si boring沒意思
出没 chū mò to come and go出沒
没完没了 méi wán méi liǎo without end沒完沒了
没心没肺 méi xīn méi fèi simple-minded沒心沒肺
没戏 méi xì no way沒戲
没劲 méi jìn to feel weak沒勁
沉没 chén mò to sink沉沒
没错 méi cuò sure!沒錯
没命 méi mìng to die沒命
没落 mò luò to decline沒落
功不可没 gōng bù kě mò one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)功不可沒

méi Decomposition & Compounds

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