How to Say ‘Haven't met’ in Traditional Chinese
沒遇到
méi yù dào
[may yoo dao]
💬 Usage Tip: For [haven't done / didn't happen], Chinese usually uses [沒] before the verb: [沒遇到], [沒看過], [沒聽過]. There's no extra word for past tense here; [沒] already does that job.
Phrase Breakdown
沒
méi
[may]
haven't; did not
Negates an experience or event in the past, as in 'haven't encountered.'
我還沒遇到像你這麼會聊天的人。
I haven't met someone as good at chatting as you yet.
遇到
yù dào
[yoo dao]
to meet; to come across
Refers to encountering someone or something; with 沒 it means 'didn't meet' or 'haven't come across.'
今晚沒遇到你之前，這裡其實有點無聊。
Before I ran into you tonight, this place was actually kind of boring.
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