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Pinyin yǒu IPA [joʊ˨˩˦] Zhuyin ㄧㄡˇ
HSK 1 verb 动词 Book 1 · Lesson 5 freq #9

Meaning

'To have' (possession) and 'there is / there are' (existence): 我有一本书 'I have a book'; 家里有人 'someone is home'. Always negated with 没, never with 不.

Examples

我有钱。 wǒ yǒu qián I have money.
这里有人 zhè lǐ yǒu rén Somebody's in here.
有人来了。 yǒu rén lái le Someone came.

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