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有無

简有无 · 繁有無

Mandarin · pinyin yǒu wú

to have or have not
surplus and shortfall
tangible and intangible
corporeal and incorporeal

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有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
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无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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3–2 · you3 wu2

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noun

existence; presence or absence

verb

(literary or Min, interrogative) to have or not have; is there?

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