How to Say ‘It's out of battery’ in Simplified Chinese
没电了
méi diàn le
[may diàn luh]
💬 Usage Tip: 了 at the end marks a change: it had power, and now it doesn't. The same pattern gives 没钱了 "I'm out of money".
Phrase Breakdown
没
méi
[may]
not have; there isn't
Part of the expression meaning there is no issue.
还有位子的话，改时间没问题。
If there are still seats, changing the time is no problem.
电
diàn
[diàn]
electricity; battery power
Electric power, e.g. a phone's charge.
手机还有电吗？
Does your phone still have battery?
了
le
[luh]
completed action marker
Shows that an action has happened or a new situation has occurred.
我想了很久，还是决定联系你。
I thought about it for a long time and still decided to contact you.
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