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title: "有的…，有的… in Chinese Grammar: Some …, others …, With Examples"
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# 有的…，有的…

Some …, others …

有的…有的…: divides a group — some do one thing, some another.

## In stories

第二，一月的时候，**有的中国人在看雪，有的中国人在海边玩**。

[中国的五件事 · Facts about China](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/facts-about-china#library-word-60-78) HSK 1

**有的喜欢看电影，有的喜欢玩手机**，还有一个说：“我的爱好是学习！”

[你的爱好是什么？ · How to talk about your hobbies in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-talk-about-your-hobbies-in-chinese#library-word-158-173) HSK 1

墙上挂着很多衣服，**有的做好了，有的只做了一半**。

[上海弄堂（二） · The Shanghai lane (part 2)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-book-2-shanghai-lane-part-2#library-word-379-392) HSK 3

**有的字他认识，有的字不认识**。

[楼下（上） · Downstairs (part 1)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-notebook-downstairs-part-1#library-word-713-726) HSK 3

[Read 中国的五件事](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/facts-about-china#library-word-60-78)

## More patterns

- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [是…的 (emphasis) it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shi-de)
- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [像…一样/似的 like …; as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xiang-yiyang)
- [最…的是 (the most … thing is) the most … thing is (that) …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zui-de-shi)
- [(有)多 + adjective? (how …?) how …? (多 + …)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duo-adj)

## What does 有的…，有的… mean in Chinese?

Some …, others …. 有的…有的…: divides a group — some do one thing, some another.

## How common is 有的…，有的…?

It comes up in 13 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.