- (不具有)
not have
⇒ 我没有手机。
(Wǒ méiyǒu shǒujī.) I don't have a mobile phone.
- (不存在)
there is not
⇒ 办公室里没有人。
(Bàngōngshì li méiyǒu rén.) There's no one in the office.
- (全都不)
⇒ 放心吧,没有谁敢欺负你。
(Fàngxīn ba, méiyǒu shuí gǎn qīfu nǐ.) Relax — no one's going to dare to bully you.
⇒ 他们中没有谁敢说谎。
(Tāmen zhōng méiyǒu shuí gǎn shuōhuǎng.) None of them dares to lie.
⇒ 没有一个答案是正确的。
(Méiyǒu yī gè dá'àn shì zhèngquè de.) None of the answers are correct.
- (= 不如)
be not as ... as ...
⇒ 他没有你努力。
(Tā méiyǒu nǐ nǔlì.) He's not as hard-working as you.
⇒ 我的房子没有你的大。
(Wǒ de fángzi méiyǒu nǐ de dà.) My house isn't as big as yours.
- (= 不到)
be less than
⇒ 他们干了没有两个小时就休息了。
(Tāmen gànle méiyǒu liǎng gè xiǎoshí jiù xiūxi le.) They had been working for less than two hours when they took a rest.