没什么
méi shén me 2–2–5
nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
- Characters
- 3
- 没 · 什 · 么
- Syllables
- 3
- méi shén me
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,659
Part of speech: v
Character by character
- 没méi7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 沒not, have not, none; drown, sink
- 什shén4 strokesHSK 1file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
- 么me3 strokesHSK 1 traditional 幺interrogative particle; small
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 没什么. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 没有méi yǒuHSK 1
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 什么shén meHSK 1
what?; something; anything
- 没méiHSK 1
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 怎么zěn meHSK 1
how?; what?; why?
- 那么nà meHSK 2
like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
- 这么zhè meHSK 2
so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 为什么wèi shén meHSK 2
why?; for what reason?
- 怎么样zěn me yàngHSK 2
how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- 怎么办zěn me bànHSK 2
what's to be done
- 多么duō meHSK 2
how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 什么样shén me yàngHSK 2
what kind?; what sort?
- 要么yào meHSK 6
or; either one or the other
- 干什么gàn shén meHSK 1
what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 没关系méi guān xiHSK 1
it doesn't matter
- 从没cóng méiHSK 6
never (in the past); never did
- 没用méi yòngHSK 3
useless
- 没错méi cuòHSK 4
that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- 没收mò shōuHSK 6
to confiscate; to seize
- 不怎么bù zěn meHSK 6
not very; not particularly
- 淹没yān mò
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
- 没意思méi yì siHSK 7
boring; of no interest
- 没事儿méi shì rHSK 1
to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- 没完没了méi wán méi liǎoHSK 7
without end; incessantly; on and on
- 没劲méi jìnHSK 7
to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest