Basic comparisons with "meiyou"

Nível: HSK 3 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

In Chinese, there is another way to make comparisons. You can use 没有 (méiyǒu) to express that something is "not as" adjective as something else. (Yes, that's the same 没有 (méiyǒu) that means "not have," used here in a different way.) As well as with 比 (bǐ) , you can also use 没有 (méiyǒu) to make basic comparisons. You could think of 没有 (méiyǒu) as the opposite of 比 (bǐ) - it works in the same way, but rather than expressing "more... than..." it expresses "not as... as...": Noun 1 + 没有 + Noun 2 + Adj. In this structure, the noun that's placed first is less "adjective" than the second noun, making 没有 (méiyǒu) the opposite of 比 (bǐ) for comparison purposes. So in the sentence:

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 小张没有小李高。 (xiǎozhāng méiyǒu xiǎolǐ gāo 。): "Xiao Zhang does not have Xiao Li Gao."
• 小李没有小张矮。 (xiǎolǐ méiyǒu xiǎozhāng ǎi 。): "Xiao Li does not have Xiao Zhang short."
• 这个地方没有上海好玩。 (zhè gè dìfāng méiyǒu shànghǎi hǎowán 。): "This place is not as fun as Shanghai."
• 火车没有飞机快。 (huǒchē méiyǒu fēijī kuài 。): "The train is not as fast as the plane."
• 他没有他弟弟聪明。 (tā méiyǒu tādìdì cōngmíng 。): "He is not as smart as his brother."

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