| | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- | HSK 1 |
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| | no / is not / not | |
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| | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss | HSK 3 |
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| | only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) | HSK 2 |
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| | not to distinguish; to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) | |
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| | there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子) | |
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| | (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that | |
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| | lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom) | |
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| | in any case; no matter what | |
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| | don't mention it / no formalities, please | |
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| | boring / of no interest | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | HSK 3 |
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| | housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them | |
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| | (employee) having no fixed duties | |
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| | (loanword from Japanese "NG", an initialism for "no good") (film and TV) blooper; to do a blooper | |
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| | no good | |
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| | say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason | |
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| | no more; no longer | HSK 6 |
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| | to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof | HSK 5 |
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| | (neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch | |
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| | He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. | |
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| | no wonder (that...) | |
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| | no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter | |
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| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
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| | lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory | |
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| | unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion | |
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| | it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb) | |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony | |
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| | not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter | HSK 4 |
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| | to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail | |
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| | (coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service) | |
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| | easy / with no difficulty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur | HSK 1 |
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| | lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity | |
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| | two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final) | |
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| | even / even if / even though / no matter how | HSK 4 |
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| | to have no way out / to have no alternative | |
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| | to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost | |
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| | not need / have no use for | HSK 5 |
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| | to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must | HSK 7-9 |
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| | No comment! | |
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| | no less than / not inferior to | |
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| | to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time | |
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| | no longer; not again | |
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| | all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice | |
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| | to disregard / to take no account of | |
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| | to spare no effort | |
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| | only; merely; nothing but; no more than / it's just that ... | HSK 5 |
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| | (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence | |
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| | No smoking! | |
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| | transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) | |
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| | there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom) | |
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| | there is no lack of | |
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| | solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | HSK 6 |
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| | black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground) | |
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| | to have no other choice | |
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| | to go to extremes / to leave no room for maneuver | |
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| | no less than / not inferior to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
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| | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) | |
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| | to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster | |
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| | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分) | |
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| | as many as; no less than / not inferior to; as good as; on a par with | |
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| | undecorated / unvarnished / no frills | |
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| | to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go | |
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| | (idiom) no secret can be kept forever | |
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| | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
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| | can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice | HSK 2 |
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| | not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned | |
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| | have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for no reason | |
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| | to have no other choice / to be the last resort | |
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| | to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical | HSK 6 |
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| | the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose | |
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| | (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) | |
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| | to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils | |
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| | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | HSK 1 |
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| | no trace of politeness / unrestrained (criticism) | |
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| | free; no charge; at no cost | HSK 7-9 |
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| | no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one | |
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| | honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts | |
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| | many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose | |
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| | (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight | |
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| | no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence | |
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| | inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) | |
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| | to be finished / to be done for / ruined / gone to the dogs / oh no | HSK 5 |
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| | to ignore / to brush off / to dismiss / to pay no attention to | |
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| | no matter what may happen (idiom) | |
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| | not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense | |
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| | to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear | |
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| | (idiom) time and tide wait for no man | |
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| | to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth) | |
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| | to have many advantages and no disadvantages | |
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| | there is no need / why should | HSK 7-9 |
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| | True gold fears no fire. (idiom) | |
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