唯有 [－－]

Jyutping wai4 jau5
Pinyin wéi yǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. only
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    冇​其他​選擇​，​而​要揀樣​冇​咁​好​嘅​嘢
    having no alternative but to; no choice but to
    • 屋企竟然冇晒米，唯有煮麪食啦！
      屋企竟然冇晒米，唯有煮面食啦！
      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!
    • 唯有係噉啦。
      唯有系噉啦。
      wai4 jau5 hai6 gam2 laa1.
      It's the only choice.
  2. 近義詞
    只好
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. conj
    only; merely; just
    (syn.) 只有, 孤啊
    • 我現在的住所唯有高山，不見大海。
      我现在的住所唯有高山，不见大海。
      wǒ xiàn zài de zhù suǒ wéi yǒu gāo shān ， bù jiàn dà hǎi ．
      Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 只好
  2. 只有
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
    我唯有系等。
    我唯有係等。
    ngo5 wai4 jau5 hai6 dang2 。
    • I can only wait.
  3. Cantonese
    系。噉就即系唯有即系辛苦各位听众呢，听埋哩只歌先。
    係。噉就即係唯有即係辛苦各位聽眾呢，聽埋哩隻歌先。
    hai6 。 gam2 zau6 zik1 hai6 wai4 jau5 zik1 hai6 san1 fu2 gok3 wai2 ting1 zung3 nei4 ， ting1 maai4 lei5 zek3 go1 sin1 。
    • Yes, that's just the hard stuff. Listen to this song.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    唯有我们有一个花园!
    唯有我們有一個花園!
    wéi yǒu wǒ men yǒu yí gè huā yuán !
    • If only we had a garden!
  2. Mandarin
    唯有加很多糖才能让我喝得下粥。
    唯有加很多糖才能讓我喝得下粥。
    wéi yǒu jiā hěn duō táng cái néng ràng wǒ hē dé xià zhōu 。
    • The only way I can eat porridge is with lots of sugar.
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
    呢几年公司生意好差，我唯有问财务公司借钱周转住先。
    呢幾年公司生意好差，我唯有問財務公司借錢周轉住先。
    ni1 gei2 nin4 gung1 si1 saang1 ji3 hou2 caa1, ngo5 wai4 jau5 man6 coi4 mou6 gung1 si1 ze3 cin2 zau1 zyun2 zyu6 sin1.
    • In recent years, businesses went south and I had no way but to go to the financial company to keep up with the cash flow.
  5. Cantonese
    清朝果阵香港好多学校都无英文教，想学英文唯有攞住本通胜，学下洋泾滨英文。
    清朝果陣香港好多學校都無英文教，想學英文唯有攞住本通勝，學下洋涇濱英文。
    cing1 ciu4 go2 zan2 hoeng1 gong2 hou2 do1 hok6 haau6 dou1 mou5 jing1 man2 gaau3, soeng2 hok6 jing1 man2 wai4 jau5 lo2 zyu6 bun2 tung1 sing3, hok6 haa5 joeng4 ging3 bun1 jing1 man2
    • During the time of Qing Dynasty, there were no English lessons in most of the schools in Hong Kong. If one wanted to learn English, one had to follow the Chinese Almanac to learn Chinese Pidgin English.
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
    我现在的住所唯有高山，不见大海。
    我現在的住所唯有高山，不見大海。
    wǒ xiàn zài de zhù suǒ wéi yǒu gāo shān ， bù jiàn dà hǎi ．
    • Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.
  2. Mandarin
    何以解忧？唯有杜康。
    何以解憂？唯有杜康。
    hé yǐ jiě yōu ？ wéi yǒu dù kāng ．
    • How to relieve my anxiety? Liquor is the only way.