How to Say ‘Have / did (used for yes-no questions)’ in Traditional Chinese
有
yǒu
[yo]
💬 Usage Tip: In questions like [有吃年夜飯嗎？], [有] helps ask whether something happened: basically 'did you...?' You can reuse it with other actions, like [有看到他嗎？] 'Did you see him?'.
Phrase Breakdown
有
yǒu
[yo]
to have; there is/are; (in questions) did you...?
In Taiwan, 有 + verb is a common way to ask if someone did something: 有吃…嗎？ ‘Did you eat…?’
過年你有回家嗎？
Did you go home for the New Year?
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