惟 [－]

Jyutping wai4
Pinyin wéi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. -ism
  2. only
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. -ism/only/but/however
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    only
  2. character
    but; however; nevertheless
  3. character
    to think; to contemplate
  4. character, obsolete
    meaningless sentence-initial particle
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. but, however, nevertheless
  2. only
  3. Cangjie Input
    POG
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    而家啲超级市场闩晒门㗎喇，我哋惟有攞雪柜净返啲嘢嚟用啦。
    而家啲超級市場閂晒門㗎喇，我哋惟有攞雪櫃淨返啲嘢嚟用啦。
    ji4 gaa1 di1 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 saan1 saai3 mun4 gaa3 laa3 ， ngo5 dei2 wai4 jau5 lo2 syut3 gwai6 zeng6 faan2 di1 je5 lai4 jung6 laa1 。
    • The supermarkets are now closed, so we'll have to make do with what is left in the refrigerator.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我样样都可以帮你，惟独是做坏事我唔可以帮你。
    我樣樣都可以幫你，惟獨是做壞事我唔可以幫你。
    ngo5 joeng6 joeng6 dou1 ho2 ji5 bong1 nei5, wai4 duk6 si6 zou6 waai6 si6 ngo5 m4 ho2 ji5 bong1 nei5.
    • I can do you a favour for everything, only except to help you do something evil.
  2. Cantonese
    为咗供个仔去外国读大学，我哋惟有节衣缩食。
    為咗供個仔去外國讀大學，我哋惟有節衣縮食。
    wai6 zo2 gung1 go3 zai2 heoi3 ngoi6 gwok3 duk6 daai6 hok6, ngo5 dei6 wai4 jau5 zit3 ji1 suk1 sik6.
    • For the sake of sending our son to study in an overseas university, we can only tighten our belt.
  3. Cantonese
    惟有我是耶和华，除我以外没有救主。
    惟有我是耶和華，除我以外沒有救主。
    • I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
  4. Cantonese
    三更穷五更富，惟有珍惜现在！
    三更窮五更富，惟有珍惜現在！
    saam1 gaang1 kung4 ng5 gaang1 fu3, wai4 jau5 zan1 sik1 jin6 zoi6!
    • Life is uncertain, carpe diem!
  5. Cantonese
    佢破产后身无长物，惟有瞓街。
    佢破產後身無長物，惟有瞓街。
    keoi5 po3 caan2 hau6 san1 mou4 zoeng6 mat6, wai4 jau5 fan3 gaai1.
    • After going bankrupt, he had no valuable belongings so he was left homeless.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这才叫做交相取乐，只是快活之极，妇人惟恐丢得迟，男子惟恐丢得早。要使男子越快活而越不丢；妇人越丢而越快活，这种房术最难，必须有修养的工夫到，再以药力助之，方才有这种乐处。
    這才叫做交相取樂，只是快活之極，婦人惟恐丟得遲，男子惟恐丟得早。要使男子越快活而越不丟；婦人越丟而越快活，這種房術最難，必須有修養的工夫到，再以藥力助之，方才有這種樂處。
    zhè cái jiào zuò jiāo xiàng qǔ yuè ， zhǐ shì kuài huó zhī jí ， fù rén wéi kǒng diū de chí ， nán zǐ wéi kǒng diū de zǎo ． yào shǐ nán zǐ yuè kuài huo ér yuè bù diū ； fù rén yuè diū ér yuè kuài huo ， zhè zhǒng fáng shù zuì nán ， bì xū yǒu xiū yǎng de gōng fu dào ， zài yǐ yào lì zhù zhī ， fāng cái yǒu zhè zhǒng yuè chù ．
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  2. Mandarin
    拙夫意欲纳宠，真是眠思梦想，已非一日，惟恐夫人见怪，不敢启齿。
    拙夫意欲納寵，真是眠思夢想，已非一日，惟恐夫人見怪，不敢啓齒。
    zhuō fū yì yù nà chǒng ， zhēn shì mián sī mèng xiǎng ， yǐ fēi yī rì ， wéi kǒng fū rén jiàn guài ， bù gǎn qǐ chǐ ．
    • My husband desires to take a concubine, which has really bothered me in my thoughts and dreams for more than a day, but for fear that my lady would take offence, I did not dare open my mouth about this.
  3. Mandarin
    又信惟一主——伊伊稣斯合鿟斯托斯——为天主之独一子。
    又信惟一主——伊伊穌斯合鿟斯托斯——為天主之獨一子。
    yòu xìn wéi yī zhǔ — yī yī sū sī hé lì sī tuō sī — wèi tiān zhǔ zhī dú yī zǐ ．
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  4. Mandarin
    以前宫内所用各项执事人员，可照常留用，惟以后不得再招阉人。
    以前宮內所用各項執事人員，可照常留用，惟以後不得再招閹人。
    yǐ qián gōng nèi suǒ yòng gè xiàng zhí shì rén yuán ， kě zhào cháng liú yòng ， wéi yǐ hòu bù dé zài zhāo yān rén ．
    • All servants and personnel formerly in the imperial palace may be retained, provided that no eunuch shall be recruited.
  5. Mandarin
    何桀纣之猖披兮，夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮，路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
    何桀纣之猖披兮，夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮，路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
    Ｗｈａｔ ｌｏｏｓｅ － ｂｅｌｔｅｄ ｄｒｉｆｔｉｎｇ ｏｆ jie ａｎｄ zhou ！
    • It was precisely the shortcuts that led them to impasse.
      Consider the fleeting joys of those in the cabal,
      Their road dark and dangerously narrow.