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title: "谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb in Chinese Grammar: No one: …, With Examples"
description: "谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb: no one: …. 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 + negative + verb

No one: …

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

## In stories

可是大家每天都只想着钱，**谁也不关心**长生不老。

[拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-338-343) HSK 3

包子一直坐在包旁边，**谁也不让**动。

[上海弄堂（一） · The Shanghai lane (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-1#library-word-291-295) HSK 3

最近半年，他把翠兰关在后面的房子里，**谁也不让**见。

[猪八戒 · Pigsy Joins](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15#library-word-161-165) HSK 3

我们等了一会儿，可是**谁也没有说话**。

[老师，别走丢了！ · A school trip story in Chinese: don't get lost, teacher!](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/school-trip-story-in-chinese#library-word-194-200) HSK 3

[Read 拜师学艺](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-338-343)

## More patterns

- [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)
- [谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) no one / nothing: …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shei-ye-neg-v)
- [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)
- [一 + measure + (noun) + 也/都 + negative not even …; not a single one](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-ye-bu)

## What does 谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb mean in Chinese?

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

## How common is 谁 + 也/都 + negative + verb?

It comes up in 13 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.