yǒu
Pinyin

Definition

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yǒu
  1. to have
  2. there is
  3. there are
  4. to exist
  5. to be

Character Decomposition

Compounds (18)

  1. 1 variant: 郁 yù
  1. 1 surname Yu
  1. 1 elegant
  1. 1 old variant of 鬱|郁[yù]
  1. 1 surname Yu

Related Words (20)

yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 there is
  3. 3 there are
  4. 4 to exist
  5. 5 to be
méi yǒu
  1. 1 haven't
  2. 2 hasn't
  3. 3 doesn't exist
  4. 4 to not have
  5. 5 to not be
jù yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 to possess
hán yǒu
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 including
wéi yǒu
  1. 1 only

Idioms (20)

一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

媳妇儿啊,看看我们的小宝贝儿,这脸蛋儿多可爱!但他自个儿在这儿玩儿,好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子,给他做个伴儿吧!
xífur a ,kànkan wǒmen de xiǎo bǎobèir ,zhè liǎndànr duō kěài !dàn tā zìgěr zài zhèr wánr ,hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎnr gūdān 。wǒmen zài shēng ge háizi ,gěi tā zuò ge bàner ba !
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
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我先生今儿出门儿的时候,说要和大学同学聚餐,我总觉得不对劲儿,一定有事儿,就打电话问了一个熟人,他就露馅儿了,我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ,shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ,wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ,yīdìng yǒu shìr ,jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ,tā jiù lòuxiànr le ,wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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坦白说,我有不同的看法。
tǎnbáishuō ,wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
Frankly speaking, I share a different opinion.
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你说得很有道理,但是这个提案成本太高了。
nǐ shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli ,dànshì zhège tíàn chéngběn tài gāo le 。
What you say makes a lot of sense, but the proposal costs too high.
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这个提案好是好就是场地有问题。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo jiùshì chǎngdì yǒu wèntí 。
This is a great idea, except that there are some problems with the location.
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你说得很有道理,但是我不这么认为。
nǐ shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli ,dànshì wǒ bù zhème rènwéi 。
You make a lot of sense, but I don’t think it this way.
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好是好,但是我有不同的看法。
hǎo shì hǎo ,dànshì wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
This is a great idea, but I have a different opinion.
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王总,这份合同草案请您过目,看看有哪里需要修改的。
Wángzǒng ,zhè fèn hétong cǎoàn qǐng nín guòmù ,kànkan yǒu nǎlǐ xūyào xiūgǎi de 。
Mr. Wang, please take a look at the contract draft, to see if there is anything needs to be revised.
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生产有一定的标准流程,赶货的话,我们很难为质量把关啊。
shēngchǎn yǒu yīdìng de biāozhǔn liúchéng ,gǎn huò dehuà ,wǒmen hěn nán wèi zhìliàng bǎguān a 。
The production has a standard process, it will be hard to make sure the quality if we do it in a hurry.
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你生气了吗?我没有生气。
nǐ shēngqì le ma ?wǒ méiyǒu shēngqì 。
Are you angry? I am not angry.
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