有米 [－－]

Jyutping jau5 mai5
Pinyin yǒu mǐ

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a slang to describe someone who has wealth
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    好​有​錢​，​有少少​ ​揶揄​嘅​意味
    (lit.) to possess rice; (fig.) to be wealthy
    • 佢屋企好有米﹐每日都有司機接送佢返學放學。
      佢屋企好有米﹐每日都有司机接送佢返学放学。
      Her family is very wealthy. She has a driver who sends her to school and back home every day.
  2. 近義詞
    有錢、疊水
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 有錢 – 有钱
  2. 富有
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你们有没有米饭？
    你們有沒有米飯？
    nǐ men yǒu méi yǒu mǐ fàn ？
    • Do you have rice?
  2. Mandarin
    中餐常有米饭或面条。
    中餐常有米飯或麪條。
    zhōng cān cháng yǒu mǐ fàn huò miàn tiáo 。
    • There's often rice or pasta for lunch.
    • Lunch is often rice or pasta.
    • Rice and noodles are commonplace in Chinese cuisine.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢老公好有米，今次泊到个好码头啦！
    佢老公好有米，今次泊到個好碼頭啦！
    keoi5 lou5 gung1 hou2 jau5 mai5, gam1 ci3 paak3 dou2 go3 hou2 maa5 tau4 laa1!
    • Her husband is a rich man, she finds the right person!
  2. Cantonese
    佢好有米。
    佢好有米。
    keoi5 hou2 jau5 mai5.
    • He is rich.
  3. Cantonese
    哗，做乜呢度成堆人庆兴含含咁热闹，有米派呀？
    嘩，做乜呢度成堆人慶興含含咁熱鬧，有米派呀？
    • Wow, why a crowd of people noisily gathering there, distributing rice ?
  4. Cantonese
    佢屋企好有米﹐每日都有司机接送佢返学放学。
    佢屋企好有米﹐每日都有司機接送佢返學放學。
    • Her family is very wealthy. She has a driver who sends her to school and back home every day.
  5. Cantonese
    佢半个月都冇就买咗部菲林机同两个镜头，坚有米啰。
    佢半個月都冇就買咗部菲林機同兩個鏡頭，堅有米囉。
    keoi5 bun3 go3 jyut6 dou1 mou5 zau6 maai5 zo2 bou6 fei1 lam2 gei1 tung4 loeng5 go3 geng3 tau4, gin1 jau5 mai5 lo1.
    • He's way loaded. He bought a film camera and two lenses in like two weeks' time.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    有米
    有米
    jau5 mai5
    • rich
  2. Mandarin
    他们锅里有米煮，没有人半夜里敲门来讨账。
    他們鍋裏有米煮，沒有人半夜裏敲門來討賬。
    tā men guō lǐ yǒu mǐ zhǔ ， méi yǒu rén bàn yè lǐ qiāo mén lái tǎo zhàng ．
    • They have rice cooking in their pots and no creditors knocking on their doors at midnight.