HSK 3 grammar · pattern
一…也/都+不/没
一…也/都不 — not … at all / not even one
Pattern
+ + + + +
+ + +
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
Putting 一 (usually with a measure and noun, or 一点儿) before 也/都 + 不/没 makes a strong total negation — "not even one", "not … at all". 一点儿也不 works the same way for degree.
Examples
教室里一个人也没有。
Jiàoshì lǐ yí ge rén yě méiyǒu.
There isn't a single person in the classroom.
我一点儿也不累。
Wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bú lèi.
I'm not tired at all.
他一句话都没说。
Tā yí jù huà dōu méi shuō.
He didn't say a single word.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 一…也/都+不/没 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.