How to say 有

  • Traditional characters: 有
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): yǒu
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄧㄡˇ
  • Meaning: to have

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

有 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

那花蓮呢？花蓮有海，比較涼。

nà Huā lián ne Huā lián yǒu hǎi bǐ jiào liáng

Then Hualien? It's got the sea — cooler.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

市場很吵，可是有剉冰。芒果剉冰，一碗六十塊。

shì chǎng hěn chǎo kě shì yǒu cuò bīng máng guǒ cuò bīng yì wǎn liù shí kuài

The market's noisy, but it has shaved ice. Mango shaved ice, sixty a bowl.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

你看，冷氣壞了也有好處——你今天認識了剉冰。

nǐ kàn lěng qì huài le yě yǒu hǎo chù nǐ jīn tiān rèn shì le cuò bīng

See? A broken AC has an upside — today you met shaved ice.

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

明天？明天…不行，明天有派對。

míng tiān míng tiān bù xíng míng tiān yǒu pài duì

Tomorrow? Tomorrow... no, can't — there's a party tomorrow.

From the story 驚喜派對 (The Surprise Party)

大衛，台北有幾百家郵局。你傳你的地址給我。

Dàwèi Tái běi yǒu jǐ bǎi jiā yóu jú nǐ chuán nǐ de dì zhǐ gěi wǒ

David, Taipei has hundreds of post offices. Send me your address.

From the story 哪一家郵局？ (Which Post Office?)

Where 有 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: People, Actions & Questions
  • Lesson: Everyday Verbs
  • Taught just before: 那裡
  • Taught just after: 要