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握有 (wò yǒu) — to hold (power, position, shares, etc.)

Definition

Literary/formal verb for holding (power, shares, resources) in a possessive or controlling sense. Stronger and more written than the everyday 有, which simply means 'to have'.

verb
to hold (power, position, shares, etc.)

Examples

  • 握有。
    Tā wò yǒu gōng sī bǎi fēn zhī sān shí de gǔ fèn.
    He holds 30% of the company's shares.
  • 握有，。
    Zhè ge zhèng fǔ wò yǒu shí quán, dàn míng yì shàng hái shì jūn zhǔ zhì.
    This government holds real power, but nominally it's still a monarchy.
  • 握有。
    Tā men wò yǒu dà liàng de tǔ dì zī yuán.
    They hold vast land resources.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

握wògrasp
有yǒuhave

握 “grasp” and 有 “have” combine to mean holding power, position, or shares.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
屋
屋wū握wò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

握 has 扌, a hand shape, on the left, and 屋 on the right, which gives its sound.

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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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