有些 (yǒuxiē) means Some (a few - somewhat). Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的思路 有些 混乱。
Tā de sīlù yǒuxiē hùnluàn.
His thinking is somewhat muddled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 混乱
他的看法 有些 极端。
Tā de kànfǎ yǒuxiē jíduān.
His views are somewhat extreme.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 极端
做生意总要 有些 本钱。
Zuò shēngyi zǒng yào yǒu xiē běnqián.
Doing business always takes some capital.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 本钱
样品和实物 有些 差别。
Yàngpǐn hé shíwù yǒu xiē chābié.
The sample differs somewhat from the actual product.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 样品
他最近显得 有些 忧郁。
Tā zuìjìn xiǎnde yǒuxiē yōuyù.
He has seemed rather melancholy lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忧郁
有些 遗憾是弥补不了的。
Yǒuxiē yíhàn shì míbǔ bu liǎo de.
Some regrets cannot be made good.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弥补
同事之间难免 有些 摩擦。
Tóngshì zhījiān nánmiǎn yǒu xiē mócā.
Some friction between colleagues is inevitable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摩擦
他晚年的生活 有些 凄凉。
Tā wǎnnián de shēnghuó yǒuxiē qīliáng.
His later years were rather bleak.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凄凉
他这样说未免 有些 武断。
Tā zhèyàng shuō wèimiǎn yǒuxiē wǔduàn.
Putting it that way is somewhat arbitrary of him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 未免
这种趣味未免 有些 庸俗。
Zhè zhǒng qùwèi wèimiǎn yǒuxiē yōngsú.
This kind of taste is rather vulgar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 庸俗
他 有些 观念确实比较陈旧。
Tā yǒuxiē guānniàn quèshí bǐjiào chénjiù.
Some of his ideas really are rather old-fashioned.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陈旧
他听英语讲座还 有些 吃力。
Tā tīng yīngyǔ jiǎngzuò hái yǒuxiē chīlì.
He still finds English lectures something of a strain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吃力
医生说他的动脉 有些 堵塞。
Yīshēng shuō tā de dòngmài yǒuxiē dǔsè.
The doctor said his arteries are somewhat blocked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动脉
那棵树被风吹得 有些 倾斜。
Nà kē shù bèi fēng chuī de yǒuxiē qīngxié.
That tree has been blown somewhat askew by the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倾斜
多年不见,两人 有些 生疏。
Duō nián bú jiàn, liǎng rén yǒuxiē shēngshū.
After years apart the two felt a little distant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生疏
有些 细菌对人体是有益的。
Yǒuxiē xìjūn duì réntǐ shì yǒuyì de.
Some bacteria are beneficial to the human body.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 细菌
两个人的工作内容 有些 重叠。
Liǎng ge rén de gōngzuò nèiróng yǒuxiē chóngdié.
The two people's duties overlap somewhat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 重叠
有些 道理要经历过才能领悟。
Yǒuxiē dàolǐ yào jīnglì guo cái néng lǐngwù.
Some truths can only be understood after living through them.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领悟
他的动作 有些 笨拙,却很认真。
Tā de dòngzuò yǒuxiē bènzhuō, què hěn rènzhēn.
His movements were somewhat clumsy but very earnest.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 笨拙
第一次上台,他不免 有些 紧张。
Dì yī cì shàngtái, tā bùmiǎn yǒuxiē jǐnzhāng.
Going on stage for the first time, he was inevitably a little nervous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不免
第一次上台,他显得 有些 胆怯。
Dì yī cì shàngtái, tā xiǎnde yǒuxiē dǎnqiè.
Going on stage for the first time, he seemed a little timid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胆怯
第一次见面,他显得 有些 拘束。
Dì yī cì jiànmiàn, tā xiǎnde yǒuxiē jūshù.
At their first meeting he seemed rather ill at ease.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拘束
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From the graded readers
有些 东西,发消息是给不了的。
yǒuxiē dōngxī, fā xiāoxi shì gěi bùliǎo de / dì.
There are some things a message simply cannot give you.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
也许他是对的。可是 有些 东西被扔掉以后,就再也找不回来了。
yěxǔ tā shì duì de / dì. kěshì yǒuxiē dōngxī bèi rēngdiào yǐhòu, jiù zài yě zhǎo bù huílai.
Maybe he's right. But some things, once thrown away, can never be got back.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
有些 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 有些
How is 有些 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 有些 (yǒuxiē, "Some (a few - somewhat)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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