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Jyutping wai4
Pinyin wéi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. -ism/only/alone/unique
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    只有​;​唯有​;​唯一
    only
    • 唯我獨尊
      唯我独尊
      wai4 ngo5 duk6 zyun1
      I'm the most superior
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    because
  2. character
    Particle for expressing one's wish.
  3. character
    although
  4. character
    Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
  5. character
    to be
  6. character
    only; alone
  7. character, obsolete
    A polite particle used to respond to elders: yes
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. only
  2. yes
  3. Cangjie Input
    ROG
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4296
  2. HSK3 五级汉字表 #234

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Jyutping wai5
Pinyin wéi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a sound similar to saying 'yes' in agreement

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Jyutping
Pinyin wěi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. yes

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Jyutping wai2
Pinyin wéi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. only
  2. alone
  3. -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a sound similar to saying 'yes' in agreement
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    月球是地球唯一的卫星。
    月球是地球唯一的衞星。
    yuè qiú shì dì qiú wéi yī de wèi xīng 。
    • The moon is the earth's only satellite.
    • The Moon is the Earth's only satellite.
  2. Mandarin
    去那个村庄的唯一途径是过河。
    去那個村莊的唯一途徑是過河。
    qù nà ge cūn zhuāng de wéi yī tú jìng shì guò hé 。
    • The only access to the village is from the river.
  3. Mandarin
    死是唯一的解脱吗?
    死是唯一的解脱嗎?
    sǐ shì wéi yī de jiě tuō ma ?
    • Is death the only release?
    • Is death the only way out?
    • Is death the only liberation?
  4. Mandarin
    唯一比无论什么资源都珍贵的是土地。
    唯一比無論什麼資源都珍貴的是土地。
    wéi yī bǐ wú lùn shén me zī yuán dōu zhēn guì de shì tǔ dì 。
    • The one resource more precious than any other was land.
  5. Mandarin
    Mike是董事会里唯一的男性。
    Mike是董事會里唯一的男性。
    mike shì dǒng shì huì lǐ wéi yī de nán xìng 。
    • Mike is the only man on the board.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    佢起唔到火,唯有生食条鱼。
    佢起唔到火,唯有生食條魚。
    keoi5 hei2 m4 dou3 fo2 , wai4 jau5 sang1 sik6 tiu4 jyu4 。
    • As he had no way of making fire, he ate the fish raw.
  2. Cantonese
    你系唯一一个帮到我嘅人。
    你係唯一一個幫到我嘅人。
    nei5 hai6 wai4 jat1 jat1 go3 bong1 dou3 ngo5 ge3 jan4 。
    • You're the only one who can help me.
    • You're the only one who can help.
  3. Cantonese
    我唯有系等。
    我唯有係等。
    ngo5 wai4 jau5 hai6 dang2 。
    • I can only wait.
  4. Cantonese
    你系我唯一一个信任嘅人。
    你係我唯一一個信任嘅人。
    nei5 hai6 ngo5 wai4 jat1 jat1 go3 seon3 jam6 ge3 jan4 。
    • You're the only person I trust.
  5. Cantonese
    避开空气污染嘅唯一方法就系喺啲杳无人烟嘅地方到住。
    避開空氣污染嘅唯一方法就係喺啲杳無人煙嘅地方到住。
    bei6 hoi1 hung1 hei3 wu1 jim5 ge3 wai4 jat1 fong1 faat3 zau6 hai6 hai2 di1 miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1 ge3 dei6 fong1 dou3 zyu6 。
    • The only way to escape air pollution is to live in the middle of nowhere.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    灾区缺水缺粮,啲灾民唯有靠树皮充饥。
    災區缺水缺糧,啲災民唯有靠樹皮充飢。
    zoi1 keoi1 kyut3 seoi2 kyut3 loeng4, di1 zoi1 man4 wai4 jau5 kaau3 syu6 pei4 cung1 gei1.
    • Without water and food in the disaster area, refugees could only depend on bark to ease their hunger.
  2. Cantonese
    屋企竟然冇晒米,唯有煮面食啦!
    屋企竟然冇晒米,唯有煮麪食啦!
    uk1 kei2 ging2 jin4 mou5 saai3 mai5, wai4 jau5 zyu2 min6 sik6 laa1!
    • Oh, it looks like we're all out of rice in the house. Welp, no choice but to cook some noodles then!
  3. Cantonese
    唯有系噉啦。
    唯有係噉啦。
    wai4 jau5 hai6 gam2 laa1.
    • It's the only choice.
  4. Cantonese
    唯独是有啲人唔肯做。
    唯獨是有啲人唔肯做。
    wai4 duk6 si6 jau5 di1 jan4 m4 hang2 zou6.
    • Only that some people were not willing to do.
  5. Cantonese
    呢个杀人犯想将现场唯一嘅目击证人杀人灭口。
    呢個殺人犯想將現場唯一嘅目擊證人殺人滅口。
    ni1 go3 saat3 jan4 soeng2 zoeng1 wai4 jat1 ge3 muk6 gik1 zing3 jan4 mit6 hau2.
    • This murderer wants to kill the only witness at the scene.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    我饮酒嘅quota又少咗截喇,为咗唔畀老婆哦,唯有慢慢戒啦。
    我飲酒嘅quota又少咗截喇,為咗唔畀老婆哦,唯有慢慢戒啦。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    唯独
    唯獨
    wéi dú
    • only; all except
  2. Mandarin
    世界上唯一不变的就是变化。
    世界上唯一不變的就是變化。
    shì jiè shàng wéi yī bù biàn de jiù shì biàn huà .
    • The only constant in the world is change.
  3. Mandarin
    可惜,这是个真实的世界,真实的世界里有普通人,有拥挤和喧嚣,有辛酸及无奈,唯独没有童话般的不食人间烟火的爱情。
    可惜,這是個真實的世界,真實的世界裏有普通人,有擁擠和喧囂,有辛酸及無奈,唯獨沒有童話般的不食人間煙火的愛情。
    kě xī , zhè shì ge zhēn shí de shì jiè , zhēn shí de shì jiè lǐ yǒu pǔ tōng rén , yǒu yōng jǐ hé xuān xiāo , yǒu xīn suān jí wú nài , wéi dú méi yǒu tóng huà bān de bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ de ài qíng .
    • Unfortunately, this is the real world; the real world that contains normal people. The real world is crowded and noisy, and is filled with bitterness and compromise. Only there's no such thing as the other-worldly romantic love that you read about in fairy-tales.
  4. Mandarin
    苏联和一切资本主义国家的上层成分之唯利是图者根本相反,它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命战争为其职志的。
    蘇聯和一切資本主義國家的上層成分之唯利是圖者根本相反,它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命戰爭為其職志的。
    sū lián hé yī qiè zī běn zhǔ yì guó jiā de shàng céng chéng fèn zhī wéi lì shì tú zhě gēn běn xiāng fǎn , tā shì yǐ yuán zhù yī qiè ruò xiǎo mín zú hé gé mìng zhàn zhēng wéi qí zhí zhì de .
    • In direct contrast to all the members of the upper strata in the capitalist countries who seek nothing but profits, the Soviet Union considers it its duty to help all weak nations and all revolutionary wars.
  5. Mandarin
    我现在唯一挂心的,就是你们的将来。
    我現在唯一掛心的,就是你們的將來。
    wǒ xiàn zài wéi yī guà xīn de , jiù shì nǐ men de jiāng lái .
    • The only thing I'm worried about right now is your future.