粵

有jau5時si4

simp有时
jau5 si4yǒu shí

English

  1. sometimes; now and then
  2. sometimes; occasionally
  3. used to proclaim a statement less assertively

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個行為或者一件事發生得好唔頻密,比經常低,比冇幾何多
  2. 用比較冇咁強硬嘅語氣去講一啲道理

Examples

  • 有時係咁嘅。

    It's like that sometimes.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 佢有時會睇電視。

    He sometimes watches TV.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 我一有時間就打俾你。

    I'll call you when I have time.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 我阿哥有時會幫我做功課。

    My brother helps me with my homework sometimes.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我朝頭早有時唔喺辦公室。

    I'm not always in the office in the morning.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 有時會無啦啦好想食朱古力。

    Sometimes you just want to eat chocolate.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我嘅心情有時好,有時差。

    My mood is sometimes good, sometimes bad. ----

  • 有時啲嘢唔係咁容易返到轉頭。

    Sometimes, it's not easy to backtrack once something has happened.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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