有餘 [－余]

Jyutping jau5 jyu4
Pinyin yǒu yú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to have an abundance
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    數量​、​程度​充足​到​多過​所​需
    to have enough and some to spare; to have plenty of something
    • 年年有餘
      年年有余
      nin4 nin4 jau5 jyu4
      to have more than enough every year
    • 比上不足，比下有餘
      比上不足，比下有余
      bei2 soeng6 bat1 zuk1, bei2 haa6 jau5 jyu4
      not good as those above, but better off than those below
    • 睇歲數佢做得起阿文老豆有餘喎。
      睇岁数佢做得起阿文老豆有余㖞。
      tai2 seoi3 sou3 keoi5 zou6 dak1 hei2 aa3 man4 lou5 dau6 jau5 jyu4 wo3.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to have an abundance
  2. adj
    odd; about; or so
    (syn.) 有零, 有奇
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我的剑虽然是钝的，但应付你的话是绰绰有余的。
    我的劍雖然是鈍的，但應付你的話是綽綽有餘的。
    wǒ de jiàn suī rán shì dùn de ， dàn yìng fu nǐ de huà shì chuò chuò yǒu yú de 。
    • My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
  2. Mandarin
    学习好了，有余力就去做官。
    學習好了，有餘力就去做官。
    xué xí hǎo le ， yǒu yú lì jiù qù zuò guān 。
    • Who excels in studies can follow an official career.
  3. Mandarin
    心有余而力不足。
    心有餘而力不足。
    xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú 。
    • The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  4. Mandarin
    即使现在，偶尔还是会有余震。
    即使現在，偶爾還是會有餘震。
    jí shǐ xiàn zài ， ǒu ěr hái shi huì yǒu yú zhèn 。
    • Even now there are occasional aftershocks.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    犹有余悸
    猶有餘悸
    • x
  2. Cantonese
    死有余辜
    死有餘辜
    sei2 jau5 jyu4 gu1
    • crimes cannot be offset by death
  3. Cantonese
    陈平智有余，然难以独任。
    陳平智有餘，然難以獨任。
    can4 ping4 zi3 jau5 jyu4, jin4 naan4 ji5 duk6 jam6.
    • Chen Ping has the wisdom, yet it is difficult for him to take the responsibility on his own.
  4. Cantonese
    我一年前撞车差啲冇命，而家谂起都重系心有余悸！
    我一年前撞車差啲冇命，而家諗起都重係心有餘悸！
    ngo5 jat1 nin4 cin4 zong6 ce1 caa1 di1 mou5 meng6, ji4 gaa1 nam2 hei2 dou1 zung6 hai6 sam1 jau5 jyu4 gwai3!
    • I almost got killed in a car accident a year ago. Now I'm still frightened when I think of it!
  5. Cantonese
    佢奸杀咗咁多女人，家下畀人监生打死，死有余辜啦。
    佢姦殺咗咁多女人，家下畀人監生打死，死有餘辜啦。
    keoi5 gaan1 saat3 zo2 gam3 do1 neoi5 jan2, gaa1 haa5 bei2 jan4 gaam3 saang1 daa2 sei2, sei2 jau5 jyu4 gu1 laa1.
    • He raped and murdered so many women. Even he has been beaten to death, his crimes still cannot be offset.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    睇岁数佢做得起阿文老豆有余㖞。
    睇歲數佢做得起阿文老豆有餘喎。
    tai2 seoi3 sou3 keoi5 zou6 dak1 hei2 aa3 man4 lou5 dau6 jau5 jyu4 wo3.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    比上不足，比下有余
    比上不足，比下有餘
    bǐ shàng bù zú ， bǐ xià yǒu yú
    • to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
  2. Mandarin
    游刃有余
    遊刃有餘
    yóu rèn yǒu yú
    • to do something skillfully and easily
  3. Mandarin
    年年有余
    年年有餘
    nián nián yǒu yú
    • to have a surplus year after year
  4. Mandarin
    经过这么多年，我对此事仍然心有余悸。
    經過這麼多年，我對此事仍然心有餘悸。
    jīng guò zhè me duō nián ， wǒ duì cǐ shì réng rán xīn yǒu yú jì ．
    • I'm still in shock of it after all these years.
  5. Mandarin
    他们缺乏建设性，破坏有余而建设不足，在参加革命以后，就又成为革命队伍中流寇主义和无政府思想的来源。
    他們缺乏建設性，破壞有餘而建設不足，在參加革命以後，就又成為革命隊伍中流寇主義和無政府思想的來源。
    tā men quē fá jiàn shè xìng ， pò huài yǒu yú ér jiàn shè bù zú ， zài cān jiā gé mìng yǐ hòu ， jiù yòu chéng wéi gé mìng duì wǔ zhōng liú kòu zhǔ yì hé wú zhèng fǔ sī xiǎng de lái yuán ．
    • These people lack constructive qualities and are given to destruction rather than construction; after joining the revolution, they become a source of roving-rebel and anarchist ideology in the revolutionary ranks.