有 (yǒu) in Mandarin: to have, there is/are

Translation

to have, there is/are

Word origin

有 (yǒu) means 'to have'. The character is an associative compound of 又 (yòu, 'a hand') above 月 (a form of 肉, 'meat'), depicting a hand holding a piece of meat, hence 'to possess'.

Origin: associative compound
Root: 又 (yòu, 'hand') + 月 (from 肉 ròu, 'meat')

Stroke order

有

Examples

。

I have a question.

。

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

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

无

without, to have not, nothing

还有

and also, furthermore, in addition

Appears in 19 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)有趣yǒu qùinteresting, fun, amusing 所有人suǒ yǒu réneveryone, all people 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 有时候yǒu shí hòusometimes 有意思yǒu yì sīinteresting, fun 有钱yǒu qiánrich, wealthy, to have money 有用yǒu yònguseful, of use

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有(yǒu) - to have, there is/are in Mandarin