Difference between revisions of "Basic comparisons with "meiyou""

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* <em>你</em> <strong>没有</strong> <em>我</em> 胖。
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* 你 <em>没有</em> 我 胖。
* <em>他们</em> <strong>没有</strong> <em>我们</em> 酷。
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* 他们 <em>没有</em> 我们 酷。
* <em>这 辆 车</em> <strong>没有</strong> <em>那 辆 快</em>。
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* 这 辆 车 <em>没有</em> 那 辆 快。
  
 
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Revision as of 07:51, 18 November 2011

As well as with , you can also use 没有 (méiyǒu) to make basic comparisons. You could think of 没有 as the opposite of 比 - it works in the same way, but rather than expressing "more... than..." it expresses "not as... as...":

Noun 1 + 没有 + Noun 2 + Adjective

In this structure, the noun that's placed first is less "adjective" than the second noun (hence 没有 being like 比 in reverse). So in the sentence:

  • 小张 没有 小李 高。

小张 is taller. The same situation could be described as:

  • 小李 没有 小张 矮

Some more examples:

  • 没有 我 胖。
  • 他们 没有 我们 酷。
  • 这 辆 车 没有 那 辆 快。

See also