In order to express that one hasn't ever done or hasn't ever experienced something, one uses 没 méi (= not) or 没有 méi yǒu (= not have). The negation precedes the verb, the suffix 过 guò keeps following the verb.
Structure: Negation + verb + 过 guò
| 我 | 没 | （ | 有 | ） | 去 | 过 | 中 | 国 | 。 |
| wǒ | méi | _ | yǒu | _ | qù | guò | zhōng | guó | _ |
| I | not have | _ | have | _ | go | pass by | middle | country | _ |
| I, me, my | not have | （ | have, there is | ） | go to, pass away, remove | grammatical: particle for past, pass, cross, go over, overdo, fault | China | 。 | |
| I have never gone to China. | |||||||||