How Do You Say Have in Mandarin Chinese?

To learn Mandarin, it is very important to think like a native Mandarin speaker.

For example, when you want to ask for something in English, you may say “Could I have…or May I have…”.  In Mandarin, the word for “have” is “yǒu”. One highly-used structure is “yǒu méi yǒu”. “méi yǒu”means “not have”. Literally, this structure means “ have or not have” . Let us hear some examples by using the words we have learned before.

Example:

1. Yǒu méi yǒu pǐ jiǔ?    Have any beer?

2. Yǒu méi yǒu dǎ zhé? Have any discount?

3. Yǒu méi yǒu chī fàn?   Have you eaten?

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