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One word, two sounds. Do you know what they mean?

Pubdate:2023-03-27

Hey, everyone!

It's time to study again!

Now let's get back to "1-Minute Express Chinese" .
 
Today we're going to learn a new polyphonic word.



 

méi
 

 

01
无,没有

none

①可以表示对领有、具有的否定。
It can mean the negation of having.

 
méi yǒu gāngbǐ.
没有钢笔。
I haven't got a pen.
 
 
②可以表示对存在的否定。
It can mean the denial of existence.

 
méi zài zhèr.
没在这儿。
He is not here.
 
③可以表示数量不足,相当于“不到”。
It can mean not enough, equal to "不到".

 
Lái de rén méi dào wǔshí.
来的人没到50。
Less than 50 people came.
 
④可以用于比较,表示不及,相当于“不如”。
And can use for comparison, means not as good as, equal to "不如".

 
Zhè jiàn yīfu méi nà jiàn hǎo kàn.
这件衣服那件好看。
This cloth is not as nice as that one.
 
 
02
“未,不曾”,是个副词。
 "never", is an adverb.

 
méi qù guò Běijīng.
没去过北京。
I haven't been to Beijing.
 



 
01
人或物的沉没
the sinking of a person or thing

 
Chuán chénmò le.
沉没了。
A ship sank.
 
02
漫过或高过人或物
overflow

 
Shuǐ mò guò le wǒ de xiǎo tuǐ.
没过了我的小腿。
The water came up to my calves.


 
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