有 yǒu

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. yǒu verb indicates an affirmative response
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED '有' 6)
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)
7. yǒu verb used to compare two things
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '有' 6)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. yǒu pronoun a certain thing; what exists
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '有' prefix; Kroll 2015 '有' 3, p. 911)
11. 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)
12. yǒu adjective abundant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 富裕 (Guoyu '有' adj 1)
13. yǒu adjective purposeful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 故意 (Guoyu '有' adj 3)
14. 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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• 有始有终(有始有終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts
• 千里馈粮，士有饥色(千里饋糧，士有飢色) provisions from a thousand li away cannot feed starving soldiers
• 伴有 to be accompanied by
• 有罪不罚(有罪不罰) impunity
• 有一套 to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth
• 物各有主 everything has a rightful owner
• 错落有致(錯落有致) irregular arrangement with charming effect
• 吉人自有天报(吉人自有天報) a good person will naturally be rewarded
• 三生有幸 the blessing of three lifetimes
• 有理式 rational expression
• 素有 to have; to have always had
• 靡不有初，鲜克有终(靡不有初，鮮克有終) almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end; don't start sth you can't handle
• 有滋有味 delicious; interesting; delightful; with relish
• 有头无尾(有頭無尾) to start but not finish
• 有谱儿(有譜兒) to have a plan
• 有喜 to be expecting; to be with child
• 握有 to grasp and own; to hold (power)
• 铮铮有声(錚錚有聲) clanging sounds
• 所有制(所有製) system of ownership
• 北京汽车制造厂有限公司(北京汽車製造廠有限公司) Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
• 公有制 public ownership
• 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers
• 有意义(有意義) to make sense; to have meaning; to have significance; meaningful; significant; worthwhile; important; interesting
• 两虎相争，必有一伤(兩虎相爭，必有一傷) if two tigers fight, one will get injured; if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
• 有嘴没舌(有嘴沒舌) struck dumb; speechless
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 有的没的(有的沒的) trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish
• 情有可原 pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
• 有料 impressive
• 可有可无(可有可無) not essential; dispensable
• 有神论者(有神論者) theist
• 市场占有率(市場佔有率) market share
• 有希望 hopeful; promising; prospective
• 有轨电车(有軌電車) tram
• 有机合成(有機合成) organic composition
• 车到山前自有路(車到山前自有路) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through.; Everything will turn out for the best.; Let's worry about it when it happens.; It will be all right on the night.
• 开卷有益(開卷有益) opening a book is profitable
• 男儿有泪不轻弹(男兒有淚不輕彈) real men do not easily cry
• 有则改之，无则加勉(有則改之，無則加勉) correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them
• 各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes
• 自有品牌 private brand
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards; one good turn deserves another
• 言者无意，听者有心(言者無意，聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
• 有节制(有節制) temperate; moderate; restrained
• 稀有 uncommon
• 心有余，力不足(心有餘，力不足) The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
• 满有谱(滿有譜) to have a clearcut idea; to have firm guidelines; to have confidence; to be sure; to be certain
• 没有什么(沒有什麼) it is nothing

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