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有

yǒu

Traditional: 有

HSK 1
#13 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to have, there is/are

Stroke order

Stroke order for 有

有

Examples

。

I have a question.

桌zhuō。

There is a book on the table.

？

Do you have time?

口kǒu。

There are three people in my family.

。

There is an important meeting tomorrow.

有 (yǒu) means to have or there is/are, and is negated only with 没 (méi).

Related words

还有

and also, furthermore, in addition

没有

do not have; have not; not (past negation)

是

to be (linking verb)

在

at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker

Appears in 17 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 有.

没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)还有hái yǒuand also, furthermore, in addition所有suǒ yǒuall, every, all of有人yǒu rénthere is someone, someone只有zhǐ yǒuonly, just, the only one有点yǒu diǎna little, somewhat, slightly有没有yǒu méi yǒudo you have...? is there...? (yes-no question pattern)有些yǒu xiēsome, a few, somewhat有个yǒu gèthere is a (colloquial existential)没有méi yǒudon't have, there is no; have not (done)有趣yǒu qùinteresting, fun, amusing所有人suǒ yǒu réneveryone, all people還有huán yǒuand also, in addition, still have拥有yōng yǒupossess, own, have有关yǒu guānrelated to, concerning, about有事yǒu shìto have something to do, to be busy有时yǒu shísometimes

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