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怀有 (huái yǒu) — to harbor (a feeling, thought, or attitude in one's heart)

Definition

怀有 means to hold a feeling or attitude inside one's heart (hope, suspicion, gratitude) — more literary and inward than the everyday 抱有.

verb
to harbor (a feeling, thought, or attitude in one's heart)

Examples

  • 怀有。
    Tā duì wèi lái huái yǒu měi hǎo de xī wàng.
    He cherishes beautiful hopes for the future.
  • 怀有。
    Tā duì nà ge mò shēng rén huái yǒu shēn shēn de huái yí.
    She harbors deep suspicion toward that stranger.
  • 怀有。
    Wǒ men yīng gāi duì fù mǔ huái yǒu yì kē gǎn ēn de xīn.
    We should have a heart of gratitude toward our parents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

怀huáihold in mind
有yǒuhave

怀 (hold in mind) and 有 (have) both express keeping a feeling.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 懷; 怀 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
褱
褱huái懷huái
Same sound today

The traditional form 懷 uses 心 (heart) to show longing and 褱 for the sound; the simplified 怀 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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