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  • 1

    v.have; own; possess

    • gāi guó jiā yǒu fēng fù de kuàng chǎn zī yuán

      国家丰富矿产资源

      The country possesses rich mineral resources.

    • wǒ yǒu yī gè gē ge

      哥哥

      I have an elder brother.

    • tā yǒu hěn duō hǎo de pǐn zhì

      品质

      He possesses many good qualities.

  • 2

    v.exist; there be

    • huǒ xīng shang yǒu shēng mìng cún zài ma

      火星生命存在

      Does life exist on Mars?

    • shù shang yǒu liǎng zhī niǎo

      There are two birds in the tree.

    • nǐ zhī dào rì běn yǒu yī zhī hěn yǒu míng de māo ma

      知道日本

      There is a famous cat in Japan. Do you know it?

  • 3

    v.(used with the meaning of "certain" or "some")

    • yǒu rén kě néng huì bù zàn tóng

      可能赞同

      Someone may lodge an objection.

    • gōng sī lǐ yǒu duàn shí qī měi gè rén dōu hěn máng

      公司时期

      There was one time when everybody was really busy in company.

    • yǒu xiē shì hái xū yào shāng liang

      需要商量

      Certain things are still open to discussion.

  • 4

    v.used to indicate sth. appearing or occurring

    • yǒu bìng

      be ill

    • xíng shì yǒu hěn dà de biàn huà

      形势变化

      A great change has taken place in the situation.

    • kě néng yǒu xīn de kùn nan

      可能困难

      There may be new difficulties.

  • 5

    v.used to make an estimate or comparison

    • yǒu yī mǐ gāo

      be one metre high

    • tā shēn gāo yǒu mǐ

      身高18

      She is 1.8 metres in height.

    • tā yǒu tā gē ge nà yàng gāo

      哥哥那样

      He is as tall as his brother.

  • 6

    v.used to express the idea of having plenty of

    • yǒu xiē rì zi

      日子

      for quite a few days

    • yǒu nián jì le

      年纪

      be getting on in years

    • yǒu běn shi

      本事

      be capable

  • 7

    v.used before certain verbs in polite formulas

    • yǒu láo

      may I trouble you

  • 8

    v.used before "person, time, place" to indicate some

    • yǒu de dì fang

      地方

      some places

    • yǒu shí hou

      时候

      sometimes

  • 9

    fmlused before the names of certain dynasties

    • yǒu zhōu

      Zhou Dynasty

    • yǒu xià

      Xia Dynasty

Words and phrases with 有

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Chinese Characters with pinyin yǒu

  • having friendly relations; be on good terms with
  • the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
  • black
  • window
  • green bristle grass; bad