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没 — have not; not

Pinyin
méi · mò
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — méi, mò — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 没: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

没 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 没 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matterHSK 1
  2. 没事méishìit's not important; it's nothing; never mindHSK 1
  3. 没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not haveHSK 1
  4. 没意思méi yìsiboring; of no interestHSK 2
  5. 没法儿méifǎrcan't do anything about itHSK 5
  6. 淹没yānmòto submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown outHSK 6
  7. 埋没máimòto engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifleHSK 7–9
  8. 没劲méijìnto have no strength; to feel weak; exhaustedHSK 7–9
  9. 没完没了méiwán-méiliǎowithout end; incessantly; on and onHSK 7–9
  10. 没辙méizhéat one's wit's end; unable to find a way outHSK 7–9
  11. 没准儿méizhǔnr—HSK 7–9
  12. 没落mòluòto decline; to waneHSK 7–9
  13. 没收mòshōuto confiscate; to seizeHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.