没有 - To Not Have - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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to not have

没

to not have

有

to possess

mei2you3 • méiyǒu

to not have

not have, not having, not has, not had, not possess, don't have, not

If you do 没有 not have something, then you do not 有 possess it. And when you no longer 有 possess something, it becomes something you do 没 not have.

你有没有弟弟？

Do you have a little brother?

你有手机吗？我没有。

Do you have a cellphone? I don't have one.

我没有钱。

I do not have money.