HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

有的 yǒude “(there are) some (who are…)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 有的 means

  1. (there are) some (who are…)
  2. some (exist)

How to say 有的

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own的deneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

有的 in a sentence

  1. 有的人是好的，有的人是坏的。

    Yǒude rén shì hǎo de, yǒude rén shì huài de.

    Some people are good, and some are bad.

    Sentence #400323 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有的同学喜欢数学，有的同学喜欢音乐。

    Yǒude tóngxué xǐhuan shùxué, yǒude tóngxué xǐhuan yīnyuè.

    Some classmates like maths, and some like music.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  3. 这些苹果有的大，有的小。

    Zhèxiē píngguǒ yǒude dà, yǒude xiǎo.

    Some of these apples are big, and some are small.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 有的 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 有 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
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.

The character 的 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
的deof; ~’s
  • 白white · bái
  • 勺spoon · sháo

Memory aidIt first meant “bright, clear”, with white 白 for the meaning and 勺 (sháo) for the sound. Now it is the most common character in Chinese.

How to write 有的

有 6 strokes · 的 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

有的 (yǒude) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 有的 (yǒude). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 有的

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有些yǒuxiē · some有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly有时yǒushí · sometimes有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting有名yǒumíng · famous只有zhǐyǒu · only有人yǒurén · someone有关yǒuguān · to be related to

Words with 的

的de · possessive particle别的biéde · other的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)目的mùdì · purpose的确díquè · really似的shìde · as if

More words: People, Body & Health

哪些nǎxiē · which ones?那些nàxiē · those它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one

FAQs

有的 (yǒude) means “(there are) some (who are…)” or “some (exist)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it yǒude: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then de with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 有的 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youde with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有的 from the suggestions. Typing youde into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有的 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.