The negation of 有 yǒu is 没有 méi yǒu.
| 我 | 有 | 一 | 本 | 书 | 。 |
| wǒ | yǒu | yī | běn | shū | _ |
| I | have | one | origin | book | _ |
| I, me, my | have, there is | one, same, whole | grammatical: measure word, foundation, original, current, this | book | 。 |
| I have a book. | |||||
| 那 | 儿 | 有 | 一 | 本 | 书 | 。 |
| nà | ér | yǒu | yī | běn | shū | _ |
| that | child | have | one | origin | book | _ |
| there, that place | have, there is | one, same, whole | grammatical: measure word, foundation, original, current, this | book | 。 | |
| There is one book there. | ||||||
| 那 | 儿 | 没 | 有 | 书 | 。 |
| nà | ér | méi | yǒu | shū | _ |
| that | child | not have | have | book | _ |
| there, that place | be without, there is no, not have | book | 。 | ||
| There is no book there. | |||||