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 noun becoming / bhāva
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhāva, Pāli: bhāva; FGS translation standard: Becoming (BL 'bhāva'; FGDB '有'; Kroll 2015 '有' 3b, p. 911)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. yǒu verb indicates an affirmative response
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED '有' 6)
7. 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)
8. yǒu verb used to compare two things
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '有' 6)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. yǒu pronoun a certain thing / what exists
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '有' prefix; Kroll 2015 '有' 3, p. 911)
12. 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)
13. yǒu adjective abundant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 富裕 (Guoyu '有' adj 1)
14. yǒu adjective purposeful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 故意 (Guoyu '有' adj 3)
15. yǒu proper noun You
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '有' n 1)

Contained in

• 有志竟成 persevere and you will succeed / where there's a will, there's a way
• 有苦说不出(有苦說不出) having unspeakable bitter suffering
• 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
• 大有人在 there are plenty of such people
• 否有效 inefficient
• 有声书(有聲書) audiobook
• 有去无回(有去無回) gone forever
• 各有辞(各有辭) each has its own designation
• 有机发光显示屏(有機發光顯示屏) organic light emitting display
• 只有 only
• 有风自南(有風自南) a wind blowing from the south
• 有息 interest-bearing (bank account)
• 有魅力 to be attractive / charming
• 有劳得奖(有勞得獎) a good dog deserves a bone
• 人始生有大命 from the start of their lives, people have a greater destiny
• 设有(設有) to have / to incorporate / to feature
• 有理数域(有理數域) field of rational numbers
• 师出有名(師出有名) to start a military expedition with justification
• 是非自有公论(是非自有公論) to determine right and wrong based on public opinion
• 有顷(有頃) shortly thereafter / for a moment
• 胸有成竹 to imaging a complete of bamboo [before drawing it] / to plan in advance / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed
• 生有权(生有權) birthright
• 有能力 able
• 有条有理地(有條有理地) methodically / systematically
• 有学问(有學問) erudite / learned / informed / scholarly
• 有线(有線) wired / cable (television)
• 人有三急 (jocularly) to need to answer the call of nature
• 有意识(有意識) conscious
• 有木有 come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?!
• 有效负载(有效負載) payload
• 有气派(有氣派) lordly
• 大有 there is much / abundance
• 生财有道(生財有道) there are principles behind making money / to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth
• 所有 all ; to belong to
• 富有 rich ; to be full of
• 有责任(有責任) to be responsible
• 吉人自有天报(吉人自有天報) a good person will naturally be rewarded
• 善有善报(善有善報) virtue has its rewards / one good turn deserves another
• 有些 some ; somewhat
• 有德行 virtuous
• 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无(害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無) refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you
• 有人 a person / anyone / someone
• 有所广益(有所廣益) for the greater benefit of all
• 有缘无分(有緣無分) destined to meet but not fated to be together
• 有一套 to have a skill / to be savvy / to know how to do sth

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