Sentence #796651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 拥有 is built
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拥yōngto hold in one’s arms; to embrace
扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
用use · yòngSound part
扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 用 (yòng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yōng.
有yǒuto have; there is
有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.
How to write 拥有
拥 8 strokes · 有 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 拥有 (yōngyǒu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
拥有 (yōngyǒu) means “to have” or “to possess”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yōngyǒu: yōng with a 1st tone, then yǒu with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 拥有 is written 擁有. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongyou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拥有 from the suggestions. Typing yongyou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拥有 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
拥yōng1st tone, high and level
有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
