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How to Say ‘There's no hot water anymore’ in Simplified Chinese

没有热水了

méi yǒu rè shuǐ le

[méiyǒu rèshuǐ le]

💬 Usage Tip: The 了 at the end signals a change: there used to be hot water, now there isn't. Without it, 没有热水 just says there's none, as a plain fact.

Phrase Breakdown

没有

méi yǒu

[méiyǒu]

there is not; do not have

Negative of 有, saying something does not exist or is not possessed.

Example

今天没有空位了。

There are no free seats today.

热水

rè shuǐ

[rèshuǐ]

hot water

Boiled or warm water, commonly drunk with meals in China.

Example

我想喝一杯热水。

I'd like to drink a cup of hot water.

了

le

[le]

change-of-state particle

Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.

Example

火车快来了。

The train is about to arrive.

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