有
yǒu
Expressing existence with "you"
Put a place in front of 有 and it means "there is" rather than "has".
Place + 有 + Obj.
How it works
我们学校有很多学生 — at our school there are many students. The place comes first, then 有, then the thing that exists.
This is how Chinese does "there is/are". The order is the reverse of English, which starts with the dummy "there" and puts the location last.
Compare with 在: 有 introduces something new at a known place, while 在 says where a known thing is.
Examples
wǒ men xué xiào yǒu hěn duō xué shēng
我们学校有很多学生。
There are a lot of students at our school.
zhuō zi shàng yǒu yì běn shū
桌子上有一本书。
There's a book on the table.
zhè lǐ méi yǒu rén
这里没有人。
There's nobody here.