有人 (jau5 jan4) — somebody; someone in Cantonese
jauˏ₅有janˎ₄人Mandarin Pinyin: you3 ren2
Meaning of 有人
nounsomebody; someone
Example Sentences with 有人
ngoˏ₅我ngaanˏ₅眼meiˏ₅尾gin˗₃見douˊ²到jauˏ₅有janˎ₄人haiˊ²喺munˎ₄門hauˊ²口haangˎ₄行gwo˗₃過
I saw someone walked passed the door out from the corner of my eyes
前日有人搶佢件衫
The day before yesterday, someone stole his shirt.
matˉ¹乜niˉ¹呢gaanˉ¹間zauˊ²酒dim˗₃店gam˗₃咁ngap1dap1噏gaa3?耷dimˊ²㗎? wuiˏ₅點jauˏ₅會janˎ₄有bongˉ¹人can˗₃幫aa4?襯呀?
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
ukˉ¹屋keiˊ²企jauˏ₅有jan4.人。
Someone's home.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有janˎ₄人ziuˉ¹招hun4.魂。
Someone here is summoning spirits.
Characters in 有人
Words Containing 有人
銀行帳戶持有人ngan4 hong4 zoeng3 wu6 ci4 jau5 jan4
bank account holder
瘦田冇人耕，耕開有人爭sau3 tin4 mou5 jan4 gaang1, gaang1 hoi1 jau5 jan4 zaang1
describes something / someone which no one wanted at first but became popular as soon as one person started to take an interest [colloquial]
有人情jau5 jan4 cing4
humane
沒有人mut6 jau5 jan4
nobody
持有人ci4 jau5 jan4
holder
所有人so2 jau5 jan4
possessor
財產所有人coi4 caan2 so2 jau5 jan4
property owner
大有人在daai6 jau5 jan4 zoi6
such persons are by no means rare
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