HSK 2 grammar · pattern
有（达到）
有 — reaching a measurement or age ("he's 1.8 m tall")
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
Besides possession and existence, 有 states that something REACHES a measurement, age or degree: 他有一米八高 "he is one metre eighty tall", 他有三十多岁 "he is thirty-odd". The measure word comes before the adjective, which is the opposite of English order. Negate with 没有, and note that the same frame does comparison — 你哥哥有你高吗？ asks whether he has reached your height.
Examples
他有一米八高，在班里最高。
Tā yǒu yì mǐ bā gāo, zài bān lǐ zuì gāo.
He is one metre eighty — the tallest in the class.
这条鱼有三斤重。
Zhè tiáo yú yǒu sān jīn zhòng.
This fish weighs three jin.
我女儿今年有五岁了。
Wǒ nǚ'ér jīnnián yǒu wǔ suì le.
My daughter is five this year.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 有（达到） is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.