(yǒu méi yǒu) - do you have...? is there...? (yes-no question pattern) in Mandarin
yǒuméiyǒuTraditional: 有沒有
Translation
do you have...? is there...? (yes-no question pattern)
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Word origin
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')
Stroke order
有
没
有
Examples
？
Do you have time?
？
Is there a toilet here?
？
Has he ever mentioned this matter?
？
Have you heard of him?
？
Is there any milk in the fridge?
有没有 (yǒu méi yǒu) - do you have...? is there...? (yes-no question pattern).
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