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Jyutping jau5 sam6 mo1 jung6
Pinyin yǒu shén me yòng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    what for; what's the point
    (syn.) 做咩, 有咩用
    • 如果他們不想聽我的話,就是,交朋友是有什麼用?
      如果他们不想听我的话,就是,交朋友是有什么用?
      rú guǒ tā men bù xiǎng tīng wǒ de huà , jiù shì , jiāo péng yǒu shì yǒu shén me yòng ?
      If they don't want to hear me out, just, what's the point of making friends?
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    读这种的书有什么用?
    讀這種的書有什麼用?
    dú zhè zhǒng de shū yǒu shén me yòng ?
    • What is the good of reading such books?
  2. Mandarin
    反正到了二十二岁什么都知道了,看书还有什么用呢。
    反正到了二十二歲什麼都知道了,看書還有什麼用呢。
    fǎn zhèng dào liǎo èr shí èr suì shén me dōu zhī dào le , kàn shū hái yǒu shén me yòng ne 。
    • Anyway, at the age of 22 one knows everything, so what's the use of reading?
  3. Mandarin
    那样做有什么用?
    那樣做有什麼用?
    nà yàng zuò yǒu shén me yòng ?
    • What's the point in doing that?
    • What's the point of doing that?
  4. Mandarin
    这有什么用?
    這有什麼用?
    zhè yǒu shén me yòng ?
    • What's this for?
    • What is this used for?
  5. Mandarin
    那有什么用?
    那有什麼用?
    nà yǒu shén me yòng ?
    • What good would that do?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    “一本连对话和图画都没有的书有什么用呢?”
    “一本連對話和圖畫都沒有的書有什麼用呢?”
    “ yī běn lián duì huà hé tú huà dōu méi yǒu de shū yǒu shén me yòng ne ? ”
    • "What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?"
    • “What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?”
  2. Mandarin
    如果他们不想听我的话,就是,交朋友是有什么用?
    如果他們不想聽我的話,就是,交朋友是有什麼用?
    rú guǒ tā men bù xiǎng tīng wǒ de huà , jiù shì , jiāo péng yǒu shì yǒu shén me yòng ?
    • If they don't want to hear me out, just, what's the point of making friends?