HSK 1 grammar · pattern
有
有 — to have / existence
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
有 means "to have" or, with a place word, that something exists there. Its negative is always 没有, never 不有.
Examples
我有两个孩子。
Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge háizi.
I have two children.
桌子上有一本书。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yì běn shū.
There is a book on the table.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 有 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.