唯有

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (唯有)		唯	有
simp. #(唯有)		唯	有
alternative forms		惟有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéiyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ jau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-yû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéiyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéiyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-yu³
    • Yale: wéi-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyeou
    • Palladius: вэйю (vɛjju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: wàih yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: viˇ iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: viˇ (r)iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/

Conjunction

唯有

1. only; merely; just

   我現在的住所唯有高山，不見大海。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在的住所唯有高山，不见大海。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài de zhùsuǒ wéiyǒu gāoshān, bù jiàn dàhǎi. [Pinyin]

   Where I live now there is no sea, but only high mountains.

Synonyms

• 只有 (zhǐyǒu)
• (Hokkien) 孤啊