不 (bù) or 没 (méi), Which Word Shall We Use to Negate the Verb and Say ‘No’?

The Chinese teachers at eChineseLearning often encounter the age-old problem relating to 不 (bù), and 没 (méi). When the teacher asks certain questions to which the answer could be ‘no’, many non-Chinese native students would use the wrong negation word to answer.

For example, let’s …