没人

méirén

Traditional: 没人

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Translation

no one, nobody

Word origin

A compound of 没 meaning not have and 人 meaning person, together to have no person. It means no one.

Origin
compound
Root
没 (méi, not have) + 人 (rén, person)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 没

Stroke order for 人

Examples

There is no one in the room.

No one knows the answer.

No one is willing to do this.

shēn

Late at night there is no one on the street.

No one works harder than he does.

没人 (méirén) means no one, nobody. It is the spoken counterpart of the more formal 无人.

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This word is part of lesson 24.