有 (yǒu): to have
有 (yǒu) is a Chinese character meaning “to have.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 月 (phonetic). It ranks #8 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 有 is a compound character. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 朋 (péng, friend), 服 (fú, clothes, serve).
Definitions
- to have
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 有
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 没有verb/adverb | méi yǒu | haven't | 1 |
| 所有adjective/verb/noun | suǒ yǒu | all | 4 |
| 有些pronoun/adverb | yǒu xiē | some | 1 |
| 只有conjunction | zhǐ yǒu | only have ... | 3 |
| 有趣adjective | yǒu qù | interesting | 4 |
| 拥有verb | yōng yǒu | to have | 5 |
| 有关verb/preposition | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with | 3 |
| 有意思adjective | yǒu yì si | interesting | 2 |
| 有时adverb | yǒu shí | sometimes | 2 |
| 有时候adverb | yǒu shí hou | sometimes | 2 |
| 有一点儿adverb | yǒu yī diǎn r | a bit | 1 |
| 有点儿adverb | yǒu diǎn r | slightly | 1 |
| 有的pronoun | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) | 1 |
| 有效verb | yǒu xiào | effective | 4 |
| 有着verb | yǒu zhe | to have | 4 |
| 具有verb | jù yǒu | to have | 5 |
| 富有adjective/verb | fù yǒu | rich | 5 |
| 有用adjective | yǒu yòng | useful | 3 |
| 有利adjective | yǒu lì | advantageous | 5 |
| 有名adjective | yǒu míng | famous | 3 |
| 有力adjective | yǒu lì | powerful | 5 |
| 持有verb | chí yǒu | to hold (passport, views etc) | 6 |
| 有限adjective | yǒu xiàn | limited | 5 |
| 占有verb | zhàn yǒu | to have | 6 |
| 含有verb | hán yǒu | to contain | 5 |
| 有助于verb | yǒu zhù yú | to contribute to | 5 |
| 有益adjective | yǒu yì | useful | 5 |
| 有机adjective | yǒu jī | organic | 6 |
| 现有verb/adjective | xiàn yǒu | currently existing | 4 |
| 有害adjective | yǒu hài | destructive | 5 |
| 特有adjective | tè yǒu | specific (to) | 5 |
| 原有adjective | yuán yǒu | original | 5 |
| 有序adjective | yǒu xù | regular | 6 |
| 有劲verb/adjective | yǒu jìn | vigorous | 6 |
有 appears in 127 compound words: 57 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 有 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (124)
being of or showing another level of scenery; (of a place) to be amazingly beautiful and unique
there's something behind all this; there's more to it than meets the eye
there's no accounting for taste; to each his own; different strokes for different folks; chacun à son goût
there's something behind all this; there's more to it than meets the eye
there's no accounting for taste; to each his own; different strokes for different folks; chacun à son goût
Showing 12 of 124 idioms containing 有.
Example Sentences
公司有很多培训机会，员工可以自由选择参加。
Gōngsī yǒu hěn duō péixùn jīhuì, yuángōng kěyǐ zìyóu xuǎnzé cānjiā.
The company has many training opportunities; employees can freely choose to participate.
视频丨空间站的年夜饭都有什么?听航天员报菜名收祝福
shì pín 丨 kōng jiān zhàn de nián yè fàn dū yǒu shén má ? yǐn háng tiān yuán bào cài míng shōu zhù fú
Video 丨What is the New Year's Eve dinner on the space station? I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it. I'm going to be able to make it.
...000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
. . . bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
... .000 times Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture has detected a high concentration of groundwater with...
注意!静安“马上有礼”第五轮即将开抢,春日焕新消费..
zhù yì ! jìng ān mǎ shǎng yǒu lǐ dì wǔ lún jí jiāng kāi qiāng , chūn rì huàn xīn xiāo fèi . .
Attention! Jing'an's "Instant Rewards" Fifth Round is About to Launch—Spring Refresh Consumption...
日本一处地下水有机氟化合物超标约2000倍
rì běn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ yǒu jī 氟 huā gě wù chāo biāo yāo bèi
Organic fluorine compounds in groundwater at a location in Japan exceed standards by approximately 2,000 times.
春运机票大跳水,有人一家四口提前买票亏了4000元..
chūn yùn jī piào dà tiào shuǐ , yǒu rén yī jiā sì kǒu tí qián mǎi piào kuī le yuán . .
Spring Festival travel season airfares take a nosedive, with one family of four losing 4,000 yuan after buying tickets early...
这么做有什么好处吗？
Zhème zuò yǒu shénme hǎochu ma?
Does doing things in this way have a benefit?
你今早有没有吃早餐？
Nǐ jīn zǎo yǒuméiyǒu chī zǎocān?
Did you have breakfast this morning?
你是不是有两台电脑？
Nǐ shìbùshì yǒu liǎng tái diànnǎo?
Do you have two computers?
你还有别的问题吗？
Nǐ háiyǒu biéde wèntí ma?
Do you have any further questions?
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