Jyutping
jau5 sam6 mo1 jung6
Pinyin
yǒu shén me yòng
Definitions (Wiktionary)
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)
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?
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?
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?
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?
Mandarin
那有什么用?
那有什麼用?
nà yǒu shén me yòng ?
What good would that do?
Examples (Wiktionary)
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?”
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?