有 yǒu
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yǒu
verb
is; are; to exist
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 有人敲门 'There is someone knocking at the door.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) 有 is always negated by 没, never by 不. For example, 他们没有见过太阳 'they had not seen the sun.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 221) 有 is the tenth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Guoyu '有' v 1; Ho 2002, '有' 2; Kroll 2015 '有' 2, p. 911; NCCED '有' 1). -
yǒu
verb
to have; to possess
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In this sense 有 often takes the pattern [subject] 有 [object], where the subject might be left out. For example, 自己有钱 'he had money.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 218; Ho 2002, '有' 1; Kroll 2015 '有' 1, p. 911; NCCED '有' 2; XHZD '有' 1, p. 911). -
yǒu
verb
indicates an estimate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 有近60万 'nearly 600,000.' (VOA, 2015-07-25; Ho 2002, '有' 3; NCCED '有' 3) -
yǒu
verb
indicates a large quantity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 多 (Guoyu '有' adj 2; Ho 2002, '有' 4; NCCED '有' 4) -
yǒu
verb
indicates an affirmative response
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED '有' 6) -
yǒu
verb
a certain; used before a person, time, or place
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, in the pattern 有的...有的 (Ho 2002, '有' 5; NCCED '有' 8; XHZD '有' 3, p. 911) -
yǒu
verb
used to compare two things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Ho 2002, '有' 6) -
yǒu
prefix
used in a polite formula before certain verbs
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 有请 'to request' (Guoyu '有' prefix; XHZD '有' 2, p. 911) -
yǒu
verb
used before the names of dynasties
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '有' 5, p. 911; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 296) -
yǒu
pronoun
a certain thing; what exists
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '有' prefix; Kroll 2015 '有' 3, p. 911) -
yǒu
pronoun
multiple of ten and ...
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the pattern 二十有四 twenty and four, i.e. 24 (Kroll 2015 '有' 4, p. 911) -
yǒu
adjective
abundant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 富裕 (Guoyu '有' adj 1) -
yǒu
adjective
purposeful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 故意 (Guoyu '有' adj 3) -
yǒu
proper noun
You
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '有' n 1)
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- 应有尽有(應有盡有) to have all that is needed
- 空前未有 unprecedented
- 先有 prior; preexisting
- 有权(有權) to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
- 有何贵干(有何貴幹) What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?
- 享有 to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- 有目共赏(有目共賞) as everyone can appreciate; clear to all; unarguable
- 也有今天 to get one's just deserts; to serve somebody right; to get one's share of (good or bad things); every dog has its day
- 后会有期(後會有期) until we will meet again some day
- 有权威(有權威) authoritative
- 所有格 possessive case
- 胸有城府 subtle way of thinking; hard to fathom; deep and shrewd
- 游刃有余(遊刃有餘) handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (/ to do something skillfully and easily
- 师出有名(師出有名) to start a military expedition with justification
- 徒有虚名(徒有虛名) with an undeserved reputation; unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
- 有约在先(有約在先) to have a prior engagement
- 有耻且格(有恥且格) to know shame and abide by the rules of propriety
- 有色无胆(有色無膽) to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it; to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it
- 大难不死,必有后福(大難不死,必有後福) one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
- 有毒 poisonous
- 专有(專有) exclusive; proprietary
- 有价值(有價值) valuable
- 有宝何必人前夸(有寶何必人前誇) There is no need to boast about one's treasures.
- 无有(無有) there is not
- 有点儿(有點兒) slightly; a little; somewhat
- 大有作为(大有作為) to accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future
- 有嘴无心(有嘴無心) to talk without any intention of acting on it; empty prattle
- 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
- 设有(設有) to have; to incorporate; to feature
- 后继有人(後繼有人) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
- 有气无力(有氣無力) weakly and without strength; dispirited
- 有偿(有償) paying; paid (not free)
- 大有可为(大有可為) have great potential
- 有预谋(有預謀) premeditated
- 心里有谱(心裡有譜) to have a plan in mind
- 有福同享,有难同当(有福同享,有難同當) To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together; for better or for worse
- 有始有终(有始有終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts
- 有待 to remain; pending
- 世上无难事,只怕有心人(世上無難事,只怕有心人) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish; persistence will overcome
- 有同情心 sympathetic
- 有谱儿(有譜兒) to have a plan
- 脑子有泡(腦子有泡) soft in the head; brainless; dumb
- 有福同享,有祸同当(有福同享,有禍同當) To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together; for better or for worse
- 有了胎 pregnant; to carry a child
- 有钱人(有錢人) the rich; the wealthy
- 话中有话(話中有話) overtones in conversation; things indirectly implied from what is said
- 心有灵犀一点通(心有靈犀一點通) hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn
- 人无远虑,必有近忧(人無遠慮,必有近憂) He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
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