有些

Mandarin · pinyin yǒu xiē

Meanings

  1. some
  2. somewhat; rather; a bit
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有
yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
些
xiē · little, few; rather, somewhat
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3–1 · you3 xie1

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jau5 se1

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pron

  1. some

det

  1. some

adv

  1. somewhat; rather

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