How to Say ‘No one; nobody’ in Traditional Chinese
沒人
méi rén
[may ren]
💬 Usage Tip: [沒] is often used for "don't have / there isn't," so [沒人] is literally "not have people" = "no one's here." The same pattern works in [沒時間] "no time" and [沒位子] "no seat."
Phrase Breakdown
沒
méi
[may]
not have; there is no
Means absence or nonexistence in context.
現在這個位子沒人，你可以先坐。
There’s no one in this seat right now, so you can sit first.
人
rén
[ren]
person; people
Refers to a person or human being.
這裡沒人，所以你不用擔心坐錯位子。
There’s no one here, so you don’t need to worry about taking the wrong seat.
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