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[粵] jau5 | [國] you3 [1] [v] have; own; possess | [ant] 冇 [2] [v] there is; exist; be present [粵] jau6 | [國] you4 [adv] variant of 又 (e.g. 二十有六) Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 6
Level: 1
Radical: 月 (#74)
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有序
jau5 zeoi6 = regular; orderly; successive; in order
有怪莫怪
jau5 gwaai3 mok6 gwaai3 = no hard feeling; don't be upset; no offense
有用
jau5 jung6 = useful
有病
jau5 beng6 = to be sick; become ill
沒有
mut6 jau5 = do not have 國
有冇
jau5 mou5 = is there? are there? have or not have? 粵
有限
jau5 haan6 = limited
有時
jau5 si4 = sometimes
有咗
jau5 zo2 = already have; be pregnant 粵
所有
so2 jau5 = to own; possessions; allSee all 510 compounds (CantoDict reports 532 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 179 examples containing 有
隻隻山羊都有兩隻角 粵
Every goat has two horns. [Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]
有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋 粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree. [Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]
佢哋嘅分別只有半年。 粵
There's only half a year's difference between them. [Lit. Their difference only have half year]
呢頭有冇郵局呀？ 粵
Is there a post office in the area? [Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]
綠茶對你好有益㗎！ 粵 ?!
Green tea is very good (healthy) for you! [the audio actually mispronounced as 綿荼 (which either doesn't exist or really rare)]
生果又甜又有營養。 粵
Fruits are sweet and nutritious. [Please note that "有" is missing from the audio by mistake.]
唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！ 粵
Don't buy food with preservatives! [Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]
有時淨係叫坦克 粵
Sometimes it's shortened to "tank". [Lit. Have-times only call "tank". [坦克 is short for 坦克車.]]
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
有好多頂頭盔畀你揀 粵
There are lots of helmets for you to choose. [Lit. have many [counter] helmets give you choose. Note: the counter is optional. 有好多頭盔畀你揀 is okay too.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average. [I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot! [呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
前日有人搶佢件衫 粵
The day before yesterday, someone stole his shirt. [Lit. day-before-yesterday, have person steal he [counter] shirt.]
噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓 粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain. [Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]
噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔 粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain. [Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]
你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎 粵
You must be popular with the boys! [Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
有個叫平仔嘅學生起身 粵
A student called Ping stood up. [Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]
呢度有我份漫畫作品 粵
Here's some of the manga I've produced. [Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]
你哋會唔會有啲拗撬呀？ 粵
Do you ever have arguments? [Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural classifier] arguments [particle]?]
你哋會唔會有啲火花呀？ 粵 ?!
Are there ever sparks between you? [Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]]
唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做 粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work. [Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]
有條友企喺張枱上便 粵
There's a guy standing on the table. [Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]
你要做個有用嘅人 粵
Make yourself a useful person. [Lit. you need do [counter] useful [possessive particle] person]
以前有個經理咸濕佢 粵
There was a manager who sexually harassed him before. [Lit. before have [counter] manager sexually-harrass him]
你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別 粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong? [Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]
呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質 粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk. [Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]
乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here? [Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]
李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。 粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school. [There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]
淨係你至有咩﹐我夠有咯。 粵
You aren't the only one who have it; I too have it. [夠 is used as an adverb that means "too".]
可惜那天限於時間，我們沒有就這個問題作深入的交談。 國
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of time that day, we weren't able to discuss this problem in depth.
我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。 粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.
我估唔到佢有幾高 粵
I'm not able to guess his height. [See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]
邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。 粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.
有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃 粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
你有張良計，我有過牆梯
Yours is a good idea, but mine is an even better plan. [is an expression. 張良 was a famous master strategist. lit: You may have 張良's plan, but I have an escalade (a rampart-scaling ladder)]
有邊讀邊，沒邊讀中間。 國
Read the side if any; read the middle part if there is no side. [This is a guesswork method people use to read a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation.]
你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。 粵
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.
危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
喐吓就燕窩魚翅，實情有水 粵
For no good reason he'll have bird's nest and shark's fin as a meal; he must really be rich.
魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。 粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven. [A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]
今次嘅舞蹈演出婀娜多姿，舞蹈家非常有水準！ 粵
This dance performance used many different styles but were all elegant.The dancers were excellent!
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.
我有壓力，你有壓力，你做咩要挑釁我？ 粵
"You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?" [This infamous quote from 巴士阿叔 ("Bus Uncle") was a cultural phenomenon in 2006. See the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bus_Uncle.]
間酒店冇理由咁平格，話唔定啲房有鬼。 粵
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms. [Final particle 格 is the affective version of 㗎.]
佢嘅穿著好有品味。 粵
(s)He has a good taste in clothes. [Literally: His/Her (way of) wearing (clothes) really has taste [in other words: "is very tasteful"]. instead of "佢嘅穿著", you may also say "佢嘅衣著/佢著衫".]
邊度有得食正宗嘅意大利菜？ 粵
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food? [[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]
你同你嘅另一半有幾夾？ 粵
How compatible are you and your partner? [[Lit.] How compatible are you and your other half?]
好快脆就有得食。 粵
Food will be ready soon. [Lit.] very soon, (food will be done and) available to be eaten.
呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。 粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter. [In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台 粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio. [Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]
今次你真係有排煩 粵
Now you've got a whole bunch of problems. [Lit. This-time you really have unending problems.]
我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂 粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.
有一部分更加係設有獨立冷氣 粵
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner. [Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]
佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴 粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.
我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴，好有可能係因為我前日去公園。 粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday. [Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park]
聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人 粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently. [Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]
有隻獅子喺動物園度逃走咗 粵
A lion escaped from the zoo. [Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]
講出嚟肯定有幫助。 粵
It would certainly help if you speak out. [The whole sentence is composed of 5 separate verbs: 講, 出嚟, 肯定, 有, and 幫助. Coming together, 講 becomes the single verb; 出嚟 functions as a directional particle; 肯定 is converted into an adverb; 有 and 幫助 combine as an adjective ]
我使驚你,怕你有牙呀？ 粵
I am not afraid of you. It's not like you have any real bite. [For first part, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,138128,138130#msg-138130 For latter part, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?8,135281,135283#msg-135283]
只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。 國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。
As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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