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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• 游刃有余(遊刃有餘) handling a butcher's cleaver with ease; to do something skillfully and easily
• 有病 to be sick ; [you] have a problem
• 富富有余(富富有餘) richly provided for; having enough and to spare
• 国有(國有) nationalized; public; state-owned ; land has
• 有条不紊(有條不紊) regular and not disorderly
• 耕者有其田 land to the tiller, post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
• 应有(應有) proper; deserved
• 另有企图(另有企圖) to have an axe to grind
• 情有可原 pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
• 有机(有機) organic
• 公说公有理，婆说婆有理(公說公有理，婆說婆有理) both sides claim they're right
• 唯有 only; alone
• 隔墙有耳(隔牆有耳) the walls have ears
• 有助于(有助於) to contribute to; to promote
• 有种(有種) to have guts; to have courage; to be brave
• 兼有 and still there are; to have both
• 开弓没有回头箭(開弓沒有回頭箭) once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back; once you started sth, there's no turning back; to have to finish what one started
• 有为有守(有為有守) able to act while maintaining one's integrity
• 有约在先(有約在先) to have a prior engagement
• 更有什者(更有甚者) furthermore
• 底栖有孔虫(底棲有孔蟲) benthic foraminifera
• 有志 to be ambitious; to be devoted
• 有限公司 limited liability company; corporation
• 有一点儿(有一點兒) a bit; a little
• 有水 supplied with water (of a house)
• 神女有心，襄王无梦(神女有心，襄王無夢) the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream; (said of a woman's unrequited love)
• 若有若无(若有若無) indistinct; faintly discernible
• 其来有自(其來有自) there is a reason for it
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
• 有机化学(有機化學) organic chemistry
• 有失 to fail or lose
• 力有未逮 beyond one's reach or power
• 有谱儿(有譜兒) to have a plan
• 有头有尾(有頭有尾) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts something; to carry things through
• 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
• 末之有也 there has never been one like it
• 有心人 resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads
• 有花植物 flowering plant; angiosperm
• 有关(有關) concerning; related to
• 后继有人(後繼有人) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
• 有权(有權) to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
• 有请(有請) to request the pleasure of seeing somebody; to ask somebody in; to ask somebody to do something (e.g. make a speech)
• 有成 to succeed; successful
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 有礼(有禮) to be courteous
• 有够(有夠) very; extremely
• 炯炯有神 eyes bright and full of expression
• 有所不同 to differ to some extent
• 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福(天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福) fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity

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