HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

有些 yǒuxiē “some” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 有些 means

  1. some
  2. somewhat
  3. rather
  4. a bit

How to say 有些

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale些xiē1st tone, high and level

有些 in a sentence

  1. 有些人喜欢运动，有些人不喜欢。

    Yǒuxiē rén xǐhuan yùndòng, yǒuxiē rén bù xǐhuan.

    Some people like sport; others don’t.

    Sentence #333128 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 桌上有些苹果。

    Zhuō shàng yǒuxiē píngguǒ.

    There are some apples on the table.

    Sentence #11242984 from Tatoeba

  3. 没吃早饭，我有些不舒服。

    Méi chī zǎofàn, wǒ yǒuxiē bù shūfu.

    I skipped breakfast, so I feel a bit unwell.

    Sentence #4625759 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 有些 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 些 (xiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 二two · èrMeaning part

二 hints at the meaning (two); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiē.

Memory aidThis 此 (cǐ) gives the sound; two 二 underneath suggests more than one: some, a few.

How to write 有些

有 6 strokes · 些 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 有些

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)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 些

些xiē · some哪些nǎxiē · which ones?那些nàxiē · those这些zhèxiē · these一些yīxiē · some

More words: People, Body & Health

那些nàxiē · those它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)这些zhèxiē · these那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor

FAQs

有些 (yǒuxiē) means “some” or “somewhat”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it yǒuxiē: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then xiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 有些 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有些 from the suggestions. Typing youxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有些 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). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.