Cantonese Dictionary

有病

jau5 beng6

Mandarin: you3 bing4

sick; crazy

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有癮

jau5 jan5

Mandarin: you3 yin3

Simplified: 有瘾

getting addicted

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有的

jau5 dik1

Mandarin: you3 de5

there are; there exists | Cant.: 有嘅

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有的放矢

jau5 dik1 fong3 ci2

Mandarin: you3 di4 fang4 shi3

shooting arrows with a target, it is used to describe effective words or actions

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有的是

jau5 dik1 si6

Mandarin: you3 de5 shi4

there's plenty; there's no lack of | Cant.: 有大把; 有好多

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有益

jau5 jik1

Mandarin: you3 yi4

benificial

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有眼不識泰山

jau5 ngaan5 bat1 sik1 taai3 saan1

entertain an angel unawares

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有眼無珠

jau5 ngaan5 mou4 zyu1

Mandarin: you3 yan3 wu2 zhu1

Simplified: 有眼无珠

(adjective) senseless

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有眼袋

jau5 ngaan5 doi2

Mandarin: you3 yan3dai4

to have eye bags [colloquial]

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有眼袋

jau5 ngaan5 doi6

to have bags under the eyes

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有着數

jau5 zoek6 sou3

Mandarin: you3 zhao1 shu4

Simplified: 有着数

(noun) freebies; perks

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有睇頭

jau5 tai2 tau4

Mandarin: you3 di4 tou2

Simplified: 有睇头

Cantonese

worth seeing; better and better

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有礙

jau5 ngoi6

Mandarin: you3 ai4

Simplified: 有碍

hindrance; to have an obstacle

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有礙觀瞻

jau5 ngoi6 gun1 zim1

Mandarin: you3 ai4 guan1 zhan1

offensive to the eye; unsightly; impeding one's view

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有神冇氣

jau5 san4 mou5 hei3

Mandarin: you3 shen2 mao3 qi4

Simplified: 有神冇气

Cantonese

(adjective) exhausted or dispirited

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有福同享有難同當

jau5 fuk1 tung4 hoeng2 jau5 naan4 tung4 dong1

Mandarin: you3 fu2 tong2 xiang3 you3 nan4 tong2 dang1

for better or worse

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有禮

jau5 lai5

Mandarin: you3li3

Simplified: 有礼

polite; courteous [written and colloquial]

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有禮貌

jau5 lai5 maau6

polite, courteous; watch one's Ps and Qs

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有空

jau5 hung1

Mandarin: you3 kong1

to have free time (Cantonese typically uses 得閒 instead)

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有突

jau5 dat6

Mandarin: you3 tu1

(adj.) abundant, more than one needs; excess of.

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有符號數

jau5 fu4 hou6 sou3

Mandarin: you3 fu2 hao4 shu4

[math.] signed number

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有節

jau5 zit3

Mandarin: you3 jie2

segmented

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有節制

jau5 zit3 zai3

Mandarin: you3 jie2 zhi4

temperate

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有籮

jau5 lo1

Mandarin: you3 luo2

Simplified: 有箩

to have a nice looking bum [colloquial]

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有米

jau5 mai5

Mandarin: you3 mi3

a slang to describe someone who has wealth

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有精神病

jau5 zing1 san4 beng6

Mandarin: you3 jing1 shen2 bing4

has insanity

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有系統

jau5 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: you3 xi4 tong3

systematic

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有約

jau5 joek3

Mandarin: you3 yue1

Simplified: 有约

(noun) get-together; gathering or a date

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有紋有路

jau5 man4 jau5 lou6

Mandarin: you3 wen2 you3 lu4

Simplified: 有纹有路

(saying or doing something) in an organised and reasonable manner; to make sense

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有絲分裂

jau5 si1 fan1 lit6

Mandarin: you3 si1 fen1 lie4

[bio.] mitosis

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