沒
简 没 · 繁 沒Characters in this entry
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2 · mei2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mei6 · mut6
Cantonese word readings for 沒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- not have; there is not; to be without
- to be not so ... as (when comparing)
- less than; no more than
- Negative prefix for verb 有 (yǒu, “to have”).
- have not or did not (negative prefix for verbs, translated into other languages with verbs in the past tense)
- (euphemistic, colloquial) to pass away
character · Etymology 2
- to drown; to sink; to submerge; to inundate; to overwhelm
- to rise beyond; to cover; to overflow
- to end; to finish
- to disappear; to vanish
- to confiscate
- (literary) alternative form of 歿 /殁 (mò, “to die; to pass away”)
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