没事 (méi shì) means it is nothing; to be all right; to have nothing to do.

Dictionary reading and meanings#

méi shì: it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

Reading the pinyin#

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Does this word always have one English translation?#

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Sources and lexical-data licence#

Lexical data adapted from CC-CEDICT contributors, distributed by MDBG, release dated 23 October 2026. English glosses have been shortened or reformatted here. This adapted lexical data is provided under CC BY-SA 4.0. The explanatory prose is newly written.

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