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- <h1>Basic comparisons with "<span class="pinyinst">meiyou</span>" "<span class="hanzist">没有</span>"</h1>
- <p>In Chinese, there is another way to make comparisons. You can use <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) to express that something is "not as" adjective as something else. (Yes, that's the same <span class="hanzi">没有 </span>(<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) that means "not have," used here in a different way.)</p>
- <h2 id="basic-usage">Basic Usage</h2>
- <p>As well as with <span class="hanzi">比</span> (<span class="pinyin">bǐ</span>), you can also use <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) to make basic comparisons. You could think of <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) as the opposite of <span class="hanzi">比</span> (<span class="pinyin">bǐ</span>) - it works in the same way, but rather than expressing "more... than..." it expresses "not as... as...":</p>
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- <p>Noun 1 + <span class="hanzist">没有</span> + Noun 2 + Adj.</p>
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- <p>In this structure, the noun that's placed first is less "adjective" than the second noun, making <span class="hanzi">没有</span> (<span class="pinyin">méiyǒu</span>) the opposite of <span class="hanzi">比</span> (<span class="pinyin">bǐ</span>) for comparison purposes. So in the sentence:</p>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">小张 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 小李 高 。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Xiǎo Zhāng <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Xiǎo Lǐ gāo.</span> <br/> Xiao Zhang is not as tall as Xiao Li.</li>
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- <p><span class="hanzi">小李</span> (<span class="pinyin">Xiǎo Lǐ</span>) is taller. The same situation could be described as:</p>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">小李 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 小张 矮 。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Xiǎo Lǐ <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Xiǎo Zhāng ǎi.</span> <br/> Xiao Li is not as short as Xiao Zhang.</li>
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- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">这 个 地方 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 上海 好玩。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Zhège dìfang <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Shànghǎi hǎowán.</span> <br/> This place is not as fun as Shanghai.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">火车 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 飞机 快。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Huǒchē <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> fēijī kuài.</span> <br/> Trains are not as fast as airplanes.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 他弟弟 聪明。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Tā <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> tā dìdi cōngming.</span> <br/> He's not as smart as his younger brother.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">Clinton <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> Obama 帅。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Clinton <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Obama shuài.</span> <br/> Clinton is not as handsome as Obama.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">马云 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> Bill Gates 有钱。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Mǎyún <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Bill Gates yǒuqián.</span> <br/> Jack Ma is not as rich as Bill Gates.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">你们 公司 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 我们公司 大。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Nǐmen gōngsī <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> wǒmen gōngsī dà.</span> <br/> Your company is not as big as ours.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">拼音 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 汉字 难。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Pīnyīn <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> Hànzì nán.</span> <br/> Pinyin is not as difficult as Chinese characters.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">坐 公交车 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 坐地铁 方便。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Zuò gōngjiāochē <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> zuò dìtiě fāngbiàn.</span> <br/> Taking the bus is not as convenient as taking the metro.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">小米 手机 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> iPhone 贵。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Xiǎomǐ shǒujī <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> iPhone guì.</span> <br/> The Xiaomi phone is not as expensive as the iPhone.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">爸爸 做的 菜 <span class="fondjaune">没有</span> 妈妈 做的菜 好吃。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin"> Bàba zuò de cài <span class="fondjaune">méiyǒu</span> māma zuò de cài hǎochī.</span> <br/> The food dad cooks is not as tasty as the food mom cooks.</li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Basic_comparisons_with_"bi"" title="wikilink">Basic comparisons with "bi"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Basic_comparisons_with_"bu_bi"" title="wikilink">Basic comparisons with "bu bi"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Negation_of_"you"_with_"mei"" title="wikilink">Negation of "you" with "mei"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Comparisons_with_"buru"" title="wikilink">Comparisons with "buru"</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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- <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 69- 71)</li>
- <li>Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 54-5)</li>
- <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本3</span>) (pp. 33-4)</li>
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