哪有 / 哪儿有【nǎ yǒu / nǎr yǒu】

哪有 is a denial phrased as a question, and it belongs to casual speech. Literally "where is there", it says that the thing doesn't exist or the claim isn't true.

Rejecting a description

Before 那么 or 这么 and an adjective, 哪有 pushes back on how someone has described you or something else.

Before a whole clause, it rejects the way someone is acting: no one does it like that.

哪有 as a reply

Alone, 哪有 or 哪有啊 brushes off a compliment or an accusation: "not at all", "I did not".

A real question

哪儿有 can also be a plain question about place: 哪儿有银行？ asks where there's a bank. Context tells them apart: the denial answers something someone just said.

A rhetorical 哪有 already answers itself, so it takes no 吗.

• × 我哪有时间吗？ → 我哪有时间？