有没有(yǒu méi yǒu) - do you have...? is there...? (yes-no question pattern) in Mandarin

A three-character pattern: 有 (yǒu, 'to have') + 没 (méi, 'not have') + 有 (yǒu, 'to have'), the affirmative-negative-affirmative form used to ask yes-or-no questions. 没 is built on the water radical 氵.

Origin

compound (grammatical pattern)

Root

有 (yǒu, 'have') + 没 (méi, 'not have'; with 氵water) + 有 (yǒu, 'have')