没事
méi shì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 沒事
A reply meaning 'it's nothing' or 'I'm fine': it waves away an apology, thanks or someone's worry. It also means having nothing to do, being free: 我明天没事 'I'm free tomorrow'. It is made of 没 'not have' and 事 'matter, thing'.
“Không sao”, “không có gì”: câu đáp lại lời xin lỗi, lời cảm ơn hay sự lo lắng của người khác. Còn có nghĩa là rảnh, không có việc gì: 我明天没事 (mai tôi rảnh). Gồm 没 (không có) và 事 (việc).
InterjectionRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “没事” mean?
A reply meaning 'it's nothing' or 'I'm fine': it waves away an apology, thanks or someone's worry. It also means having nothing to do, being free: 我明天没事 'I'm free tomorrow'. It is made of 没 'not have' and 事 'matter, thing'. Literally: no matter
Is “没事” formal or informal?
没事 is generally neutral.