有

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
有-order.gif

Etymology[edit]

有 有 有 有
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 (“hand”) + ⺼ (“meat”) – a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. The hand shape has been significantly abstracted; compare 右.

Han character[edit]

有 (radical 74 月+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大月 (KB), four-corner 40227, composition ⿱𠂇月)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 504, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14332
  • Dae Jaweon: page 880, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2041, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6709

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 有

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (有, reconstructed)
Character (有), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 云 (35)
Final: 尤
Division: III

Openness: Open
Tone: Rising (X)

 Fanqie: 云久切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/ɦɨuX/ /i̯ə̯uX/ /ɣiuX/ /ɦiuX/ /ɦuwX/ /ɣĭəuX/ /ɣiəuX/
Old Chinese pronunciation (有, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
有 yǒu ‹ hjuwX › /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/ have, exist

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
有 15595 又 之 0 有 /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Verb[edit]

有

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) to have; to possess
    我有兩輛車。 [MSC, trad.]
    我有两辆车。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ yǒu liǎng liàng chē. [Pinyin]
    I have two cars.
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) there is; to exist
    有很多人。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Yǒu hěn duō rén. [Pinyin]
    There are a lot of people.
    這兒有書嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    这儿有书吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Zhèr yǒu shū ma? [Pinyin]
    Are there any books here?

Usage notes[edit]

  • If the subject of the sentence is a person or an object, 有 is translated to to have. But when the subject is a place or is undefined, it is translated to there is.
Undefined subject 有很多人  ―  yǒu hěn duō rén  ―  there are a lot of people
Place 街上有很多車 / 街上有很多车  ―  jiēshàng yǒu hěn duō chē  ―  There is a lot of car in the street
  • 有 is the only verb not negated with 不. It is negated with 沒／没
我沒有錢 / 我没有钱  ―  wǒ méiyǒu qián  ―  I don't have any money

Adjective[edit]

有

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) some

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

有

  1. (archaic) again
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

有

  1. (archaic) and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)

External links[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Japanese
stroke order
有-jorder.gif

Kanji[edit]

See also:
有

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. exist
  2. get to exist; appear
  3. keep; maintain
  4. existence; belonging
  5. someone did certain thing
  6. possess
  7. have
  8. happen
  9. occur
  10. approximately

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

有 (hiragana なお, romaji Nao)

  1. A female given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

有 (yu)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 유 (revised: yu, McCune-Reischauer: yu, Yale: yu)
  • Name (hangeul): 있다 (Itta)()
  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

有 (hữu, hỡi, hơi)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=有&oldid=32558920"