No. 330 in Chinese
沒有
"沒有" means "do not have," "there is not," or "no."
In a sentence
我今天沒有吃早餐。
I did not eat breakfast today.
Here '沒有' indicates the negation of having performed an action, similar to 'did not' in English.
這裡沒有人。
There is no one here.
In this context, '沒有' expresses the absence or lack of something, equivalent to 'there is not' in English.
他說得很好，可是我沒有什麼想法。
He spoke well, but I don't really have any thoughts.
Here, '沒有' is used to negate possession or existence of something, akin to 'do not have' in English.
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