没事 méishì
“to be fine; nothing is wrong; to have nothing to do”
verbTraditional 沒事
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
没事 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 121: 没事 méishì — Level 1; official annotation 1 (动). PDF page 83
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 没事
没事 can mean "nothing is wrong", "it is fine" or "no problem", for example when answering an apology or a question about whether someone is all right. It also means "to have nothing to do", as in 我今天没事. The erhua form 没事儿 is common in northern speech.
例句Example sentences
- 你怎么了？没事吧？nǐ zěn me le? méi shì ba?What's wrong? Are you all right?
- 对不起！——没事。duì bù qǐ! — — méi shì.Sorry! — It's fine.
- 今天下午我没事，我们一起去买东西吧。jīn tiān xià wǔ wǒ méi shì, wǒ men yì qǐ qù mǎi dōng xi ba.I have nothing to do this afternoon, let's go shopping together.
易混词Easily confused
没事vs没关系
Both can answer an apology, but 没事 also means "have nothing to do" and "nothing is wrong (with me)", which 没关系 cannot: 我今天没事 (I'm free today), not 我今天没关系.