DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

從來沒有

简从来没有 · 繁從來沒有

Mandarin · pinyin cóng lái méi yǒu

there has never been; has never had
(before a verb) has never

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

從: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
沒: méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
从: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning
没: méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–2–3 · cong2 lai2 mei2 you3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

7character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

從來沒有 · find source passages ↗ · 从来没有 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗