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  <p>In English we might want to say something like "<b>I have absolutely no money, not even one penny.</b>" That "<b>not even one</b>" is the focus of this article.</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

  <ol>
    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

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      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h2 id="basic-usage">Basic Usage</h2>

  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

  <p>This structure is usually used for emphasizing how little of something you have. The measure word in the middle of the sentence and the noun should be compatible with the verb at the end.</p>

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      <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">一</span> + Measure Word + (Noun) + <span class="hanzist">也 / 都 + 不 / 没</span> + Verb
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我 一 口 都 没 吃 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ yī kǒu dōu méi chī.</span><br/><span> I didn't take a single bite.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他 一 句 中文 都 不 会 说 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tā yī jù Zhōngwén dōu bù huì shuō.</span><br/><span> He can't speak one sentence of Chinese.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">为什么 这里 一 个 人 都 没有 ？</span> <span class="pinyin">Wèishénme zhèlǐ yī gè rén dōu méiyǒu?</span> <span> Why aren't there any people here?</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">她 一 瓶 酒 也 没 喝 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tā yī píng jiǔ yě méi hē.</span><br/><span> She didn't drink a bottle of wine.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">来 上海 以前 ， 他 一 个 外国 朋友 都 没有 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Lái Shànghǎi yǐqián, tā yī gè wàiguó péngyou dōu méiyǒu.</span><br/><span> He didn't have a foreign friend before he came to Shanghai.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="advanced-usage">Advanced Usage</h2>

  <h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3>

  <p>If you want to put the <a href="Topic-comment_sentences" title="wikilink">topic</a> of your conversation at the beginning of the sentence, make sure it has a strong emphasis or some kind of exaggerated remark.</p>

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      Topic + Subj. +<span class="hanzist"> 一</span> + Measure Word + (Noun) + <span class="hanzist">也 / 都</span> + Verb
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  <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">这个 人 我 一 次 都 没 见 过 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhège rén wǒ yī cì yě méi jiàn guo.</span><br/><span> I haven't seen this person once.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这样 的 菜 我 一 次 也 没 吃 过 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhèyàng de cài wǒ yī cì yě méi chī guo.</span><br/><span> I've never eaten this kind of food before.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 次 活动 我们 公司 一个 人 也 没 参加 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhè cì huódòng wǒmen gōngsī yī gè rén yě méi cānjiā.</span><br/><span> Not one person in our company has participated in this activity.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="&quot;Not_at_all&quot;" title="wikilink">"Not at all"</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本3</span>)(p.153)</li>

    <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 37 - 9)</li>
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  <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>

  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>
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