How to say "to have" in Chinese

有

yǒuto havePart of speech: Verbs

"to have" in Chinese is 有 — pronounced yǒu.

Sentence patterns that use it

我家有___口人。There are ___ people in my family.

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Words that share a character

没有méiyǒuto not have

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Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 有 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.

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