How to Say ‘Not yet.’ in Traditional Chinese
還沒喔。
hái méi ō
[high may oh]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: The 喔 at the end softens the answer, making a "no" sound friendly rather than curt. Gate staff in Taiwan use it constantly.
Phrase Breakdown
還
hái
[high]
still; yet
Indicates that availability remains.
請問今天還有位子嗎？
Excuse me, are there still seats available today?
沒
méi
[may]
not; did not; no
Commonly used to negate past actions or existence. In phrases like 沒關係, it helps mean no problem.
球雖然沒進，但大家還是一直加油。
Although the ball did not go in, everyone kept cheering.
喔
ō
[oh]
oh; softening particle
A soft sentence-ending particle often used in Taiwan to sound warm, casual, and polite.
店員說「慢走喔」時，最後的「喔」讓整句話更溫柔。
When the clerk says 'màn zǒu o,' the final 喔 makes the whole sentence gentler.
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