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没完 (méi wán) — endless, non-stop (especially of speech or complaints); not going to let it go, not giving up (in a dispute or argument)

Definition

没完 means 'not finished / not going to stop' — used almost only as part of phrases like 没完没了 ('endless, without end') or as a sharp challenge in an argument: 这件事我跟你没完 ('I'm not letting this go with you').

verb
endlessnon-stop (especially of speech or complaints)not going to let it gonot giving up (in a dispute or argument)

Examples

  • 没完。
    Tā yì shuō qǐ lái jiù méi méi wán.
    Once she starts talking, it's endless.
  • 没完！
    Zhè jiàn shì wǒ gēn nǐ men méi méi wán!
    I'm not letting this go with you guys!
  • 没完，。
    Tā de bào yuàn méi méi wán, shuí dōu shòu bù liǎo.
    His complaints are endless — nobody can stand it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

没méinot
完wánfinish

没 means 'not', and 完 means 'finish'; together they say something does not finish.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 沒; 没 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠬛
𠬛𠬛沒mò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 沒 pairs 水 (water) with 𠬛 as a sound part; this note is about 沒, not the simplified 没.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán完wán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

完 pairs 宀 (roof) with 元, which gives the sound.

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