粵

有jau5如jyu4

jau5 jyu4yǒu rú

English

  1. to be like sth
  2. similar to
  3. alike
  4. as if; is like

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 標示一樣嘢同另一樣嘢嘅比喻關係

Examples

  • 你有如此美麗的淡褐色眼睛。

    You have such beautiful, hazel eyes.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 昨天的派对上她并没有如约而至。

    She didn't show up at the party yesterday.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 你的智慧廣大的有如孟買和孟買之間的距離。

    Your intelligence is as vast as the distance between Bombay and Mumbai.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 大衛有如此多的女朋友,以至於他無法記得他們所有的人的名字。

    David has so many girlfriends that he can't remember all of their names.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 光陰有如流星。

    Time flies like shooting stars.

  • 我對大人嘅景仰,有如滔滔江水,連綿不絕,又有如黃河氾濫,一發不可收拾。

    [ChatGPT]My admiration for adults is like the endless flow of a river, and also like the unstoppable flooding of the Yellow River.

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

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