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现有 (xiàn yǒu) — existing; currently available

Definition

现有 emphasizes what a place or system already possesses right now (existing staff, equipment, rules). Pairs more with 现成 (ready-made to use immediately) than with 现行 (currently in effect, used for rules/policy).

existingcurrently available
Easily confused

Examples

  • 现有。
    Xué xiào de xiàn yǒu shè bèi xū yào huàn le.
    The school's existing equipment needs to be replaced.
  • 现有，。
    Gēn jù xiàn yǒu guī dìng, wǒ men bù néng zhè yàng zuò.
    According to the existing regulations, we cannot do this.
  • 现有。
    Zhè xiē xiàn yǒu wèn tí xū yào jǐn kuài jiě jué.
    These existing problems need to be solved as soon as possible.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

现xiànpresent
有yǒuhave

现 (present) and 有 (have) give something currently existing.

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 現; 现 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
見
見jiàn現
Same sound today

The traditional form 現 pairs 玉 (jade) with 見 as a sound part; the simplified 现 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 4Time (Abstract)

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