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title: "谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) in Chinese Grammar: No one / nothing: …, With Examples"
description: "谁 + 也/都 + (V不C): no one / nothing: …. A question word + 也/都 + a negative means \"no one\", \"nothing\" or \"nowhere\". 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 谁 + 也/都 + (V不C)

No one / nothing: …

A question word + 也/都 + a negative means "no one", "nothing" or "nowhere".

## In stories

**谁也不能**送你走！”

[妈妈的电话 · Mum’s secret phone call](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/mums-secret-phone-call#library-word-223-227) HSK 2

“赵老师说了，**谁也不能**喂它。

[爷爷的秘密 · Grandpa’s secret](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandpas-secret#library-word-211-215) HSK 3

大家都被吓跑了，**谁也管不了**他了。

[大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-7#library-word-877-882) HSK 3

老板说，这首歌谁都会唱，**谁也不会**紧张。

[老板点的歌 · KTV in China: the boss picks the first song](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/ktv-in-china-the-boss-picks-the-song#library-word-381-385) HSK 3

[Read 妈妈的电话](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/mums-secret-phone-call#library-word-223-227)

## More patterns

- [verb + 不/得 + result (potential) cannot / can (manage to) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-c)
- [连…都/也… even …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/lian-dou)
- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [verb + 不了/得了 cannot …; can …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-bu-liao)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)
- [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg)

## What does 谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) mean in Chinese?

No one / nothing: …. A question word + 也/都 + a negative means "no one", "nothing" or "nowhere".

## How common is 谁 + 也/都 + (V不C)?

It comes up in 22 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.