存有

cúnyǒu

verb #35,728

Meanings

1 to hold (in storage)
2 to retain
3 to harbor (feelings, doubts)
4 to exist (formal)

Characters

to store, exist

Examples

档案室里存有大量历史资料。

Dàng'ànshì lǐ cúnyǒu dàliàng lìshǐ zīliào.

The archive holds a large amount of historical material.

他对这件事仍然存有怀疑。

Tā duì zhè jiàn shì réngrán cúnyǒu huáiyí.

He still harbors doubts about this matter.

Tips

usage

存有 is more formal than 有. Common in written Chinese for both physical storage ('the warehouse holds X') and abstract retention ('to harbor doubts/hopes'). Frequent in news, legal and academic prose.

Stroke Order

存 cún

有 yǒu