Chinese example sentences

有人能发这个词的音吗？

Yǒurén néng fā zhège cí de yīn ma?

Can anyone pronounce this word?

有人花钱雇了一个杀手。

Yǒurén huāqián gù le yí gè shāshǒu.

Someone paid to hire a hit man.

有人要咖啡吗？

Yǒurén yào kāfēi ma?

Would anyone like some coffee?

有人要她去劝他刷房子。

Yǒurén yào tā qù quàn tā shuā fángzi.

She was asked to convince him to paint the house.

有人见到她吗？

Yǒurén jiàndào tā ma?

Has anybody seen her?

有人认识他吗？

Yǒurén rènshi tā ma?

Does anybody know him?

有人说你是个很有能力的人。

Yǒurén shuō nǐ shì gè hěn yǒu nénglì de rén.

I've been told that you're a very competent person.

有人说儒教是一种宗教。

Yǒurén shuō Rújiào shì yìzhǒng zōngjiào.

Some people say Confucianism is a religion.

有人说英语吗？

Yǒurén shuō Yīngyǔ ma?

Does anyone speak English?

有人请我帮你。

Yǒurén qǐng wǒ bāng nǐ.

I've been requested to help you.

有人跟我说这件事。

Yǒurén gēn wǒ shuō zhè jiàn shì.

Someone told me about that.

有人造谣说那家工厂要关门了。

Yǒurén zàoyáo shuō nà jiā gōngchǎng yào guānmén le.

Someone spread a rumour that the factory is going to close.

有什么不对吗？

Yǒu shénme bú duì ma?

Is something wrong?

有什么不对的地方，请您指教。

Yǒu shénme bú duì de dìfang, qǐng nín zhǐjiào.

If anything is wrong, please point it out to me.

有什么事发生了。

Yǒu shénme shì fāshēngle.

Something did happen.

有什么事我可以做吗？

Yǒu shénme shì wǒ kěyǐ zuò ma?

Is there anything I can do?

有什么事是你能做的吗？

Yǒu shénme shì shì nǐ néng zuò de ma?

Is there anything you can do?

有什么事是我该做的吗？

Yǒu shénme shì shì wǒ gāi zuò de ma?

Is there anything I must do?

有什么事要做吗？

Yǒu shénme shì yào zuò ma?

Is there anything that needs to be done?

有什么你想让我买的吗？

Yǒu shénme nǐ xiǎng ràng wǒ mǎi de ma?

Is there anything you want me to buy?

有什么区别吗？

Yǒu shénme qūbié ma?

Is there a difference?

有什么喝的吗？

Yǒu shénme hē de ma?

Do you have any drinks?

有什么想吃的吗？

Yǒu shénme xiǎng chī de ma?

Is there anything you want to eat?

有什么新鲜事吗？

Yǒu shénme xīnxiān shì ma?

What's new?

有什么是你不能证明确相信的呢？

Yǒu shénme shì nǐ bùnéng zhèngmíng què xiāngxìn de ne?

What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?

有什么比失明更不幸的呢？

Yǒu shénme bǐ shīmíng gèng búxìng de ne?

What greater misfortune is there than to go blind?

有什么疑虑，可以随时问我。

Yǒu shénme yílǜ, kěyǐ suíshí wèn wǒ.

If you have any doubts, you can ask me at any time.

有什么选择呢？

Yǒu shénme xuǎnzé ne?

What are my options?

有什么问题吗？

Yǒu shénme wèntí ma?

Are there any questions?

有他在身边我感觉很自在。

Yǒu tā zài shēnbiān wǒ gǎnjué hěn zì zai.

I feel at ease around him.

有件事情我要对你说。

Yǒu jiàn shìqing wǒ yào duì nǐ shuō.

There's something I want to tell you.

有任何事情改变了吗？

Yǒu rènhé shìqing gǎibiànle ma?

Has anything changed?

有位旅客问我去车站怎么走。

Yǒu wèi lǚkè wèn wǒ qù chēzhàn zěnme zǒu.

A tourist asked me how to get to the station.

有位老板资助他上大学。

Yǒu wèi lǎobǎn zīzhù tā shàng dàxué.

A boss helped pay for him to go to university.

有你不能做的事吗？

Yǒu nǐ bùnéng zuò de shì ma?

Is there anything you can't do?

有你助威，我就不紧张了。

Yǒu nǐ zhùwēi, wǒ jiù bù jǐnzhāngle.

With you cheering me on, I'm not nervous anymore.

有你帮我真好。

Yǒu nǐ bāng wǒ zhēn hǎo.

It's very kind of you to help me.

有你的电话。

Yǒu nǐ de diànhuà.

You are wanted on the phone.

有你相伴，我什么都不怕。

Yǒu nǐ xiāngbàn, wǒ shénme dōu búpà.

With you by my side, I'm not afraid of anything.

有借有还，再借不难

yǒu jiè yǒu huán, zài jiè bù nán

borrow and return, and borrowing again is not hard

有关你的事，我有一半都不相信。

Yǒuguān nǐ de shì, wǒ yǒu yíbàn dōu bù xiāngxìn.

I don't believe half of what I've been told about you.

有其他样式吗？

Yǒu qítā yàngshì ma?

Do you have other types?

有功必赏，有罪必罚

yǒugōng bì shǎng, yǒuzuì bì fá

reward every merit, punish every offence

有勇无谋，一事无成

yǒuyǒngwúmóu, yíshìwúchéng

courage without strategy accomplishes nothing

有千年产，没千年主

yǒu qiānnián chǎn, méi qiānnián zhǔ

there are thousand-year estates but no thousand-year owners

有去机场的直达车吗？

Yǒu qù jīchǎng de zhídáchē ma?

Is there a direct bus to the airport?

有只蚂蚁咬我。

Yǒu zhǐ mǎyǐ yǎo wǒ.

An ant bit me.

有只蝴蝶在厨房里。

Yǒu zhǐ húdié zài chúfáng lǐ.

There is a butterfly in the kitchen.

有可能已经读过这本书了。

Yǒu kěnéng yǐjīng dúguo zhè běn shū le.

It is possible that you have already read this book.

有吃生鱼的狗吗？

Yǒu chī shēng yú de gǒu ma?

Are there dogs that eat raw fish?

有图有真相。

Yǒu tú yǒu zhēnxiàng.

Pics or it didn't happen.

有多少人知道我们？

Yǒu duōshǎo rén zhīdào wǒmen?

How many people know about us?

有多少人能做？

Yǒu duōshǎo rén néng zuò?

How many people can do that?

有多少女人在这个工厂里工作呢？

Yǒu duōshǎo nǚrén zài zhège gōngchǎng lǐ gōngzuò ne?

How many women work in this factory?

有大一点的尺码吗？

Yǒu dà yìdiǎn de chǐmǎ ma?

Do you have a bigger size?

有好多学生都没来学校。

Yǒu hǎoduō xuésheng dōu méi lái xuéxiào.

A great many students were absent from school.

有好就有坏。

Yǒu hǎo jiù yǒu huài.

Where there's good, there's also bad.

有好的也有坏的。

Yǒu hǎo de yě yǒu huài de.

Some are good, some aren't.

有学生票吗？

Yǒu xuésheng piào ma?

Do you have a student ticket?

有它的应用吗？

Yǒu tā de yìngyòng ma?

Is there an app for that?

有安全问题吗？

Yǒu ānquán wèntí ma?

Is there a security problem?

有客人来访，家里得打扫。

Yǒu kèrén láifǎng, jiālǐ de dǎsǎo.

We have guests coming, so the house needs cleaning.

有家人照顾，你就没有后顾之忧。

Yǒu jiārén zhàogu, nǐ jiù méiyǒu hòugùzhīyōu.

With your family looking after things, you have nothing to worry about.

有家人陪着，她就心满意足了。

Yǒu jiārén péizhe, tā jiù xīnmǎn-yìzú le.

As long as her family is with her, she is perfectly content.

有师傅带着，你就少走弯路。

Yǒu shīfu dàizhe, nǐ jiù shǎo zǒuwānlù.

With a master guiding you, you'll waste less time on wrong approaches.

有床总比没床好。

Yǒu chuáng zǒng bǐ méi chuáng hǎo.

To have a bed is better than not having one.

有很多人吗？

Yǒu hěn duō rén ma?

Are there many people?

有很多人对花生过敏。

Yǒu hěn duō rén duì huāshēng guòmǐn.

Many people are allergic to peanuts.

有很多的方法可以改善人的一生。

Yǒu hěn duō de fāngfǎ kěyǐ gǎishàn rén de yìshēng.

There are many ways to improve one's life.

有很多美国人会说日语。

Yǒu hěn duō Měiguórén huì shuō Rìyǔ.

There are many Americans who can speak Japanese.

有很多餐厅与商店走路就能到。

Yǒu hěn duō cāntīng yǔ shāngdiàn zǒulù jiù néng dào.

There are lots of restaurants and shops within walking distance.

有得必有失

yǒu dé bì yǒushī

where there is gain there must be loss

有心不怕迟

yǒuxīn búpà chí

if your heart is in it, don't fear being late

有心事就跟朋友说说吧。

Yǒu xīnshì jiù gēn péngyou shuō shuō ba.

If something is worrying you, talk to a friend about it.

有心送佛，要送到西天

yǒuxīn sòngfó, yào sòng dào xītiān

if you mean to see the Buddha off, see him all the way to the Western Heaven

有志不在年高，无志空活百岁

yǒuzhìbúzàiniángāo, wú zhì kōng huó bǎisuì

ambition isn't a matter of old age; without ambition you live a hundred years in vain

有志者事竟成，你别放弃！

Yǒuzhìzhěshìjìngchéng, nǐ bié fàngqì!

Where there's a will, there's a way, so don't give up!

有急事请拨打这个电话。

Yǒu jíshì qǐng bōdǎ zhège diànhuà.

If it's urgent, please call this number.

有恩不报非丈夫

yǒu ēn bú bào fēi zhàngfu

one who doesn't repay a kindness is no real man

有情人终成眷属，是鸳鸯棒打不分

yǒuqíngrénzhōngchéngjuànshǔ, shì yuānyāng bàng dǎ bù fēn

lovers will finally become a couple; true mandarin ducks can't be parted even by beating

有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

yǒuyì zāihuā huā bù fā, wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn

plant flowers on purpose and they don't bloom; stick in willow twigs carelessly and they grow into shade

有意者可自行报名。

Yǒuyìzhě kě zìxíng bàomíng.

Those who are interested may sign up voluntarily.

有把门的，没有把嘴的

yǒu bǎmén de, méiyǒu bǎ zuǐ de

there are people to guard doors but none to guard mouths

有教无类影响了中国教育。

Yǒujiàowúlèi yǐngxiǎngle Zhōngguó jiàoyù.

The principle of education for all has influenced Chinese education.

有时可以放轻松一下。

Yǒushí kěyǐ fàng qīngsōng yíxià.

It's okay to take it easy sometimes.

有时我们很难控制自己的情绪。

Yǒushí wǒmen hěn nán kòngzhì zìjǐ de qíngxù.

It's sometimes difficult to control our feelings.

有时我会在图书馆看见他。

Yǒushí wǒ huì zài túshūguǎn kànjiàn tā.

I see him in the library now and then.

有时我会跟她打网球。

Yǒushí wǒ huì gēn tā dǎ wǎngqiú.

I sometimes play tennis with her.

有时我去，有时不去。

Yǒushí wǒ qù, yǒushí bú qù.

Sometimes I go, sometimes I don't.

有时我真的不知道他在想什么。

Yǒushí wǒ zhēnde bù zhīdào tā zài xiǎng shénme.

Sometimes, I don't understand him.

有时梦想也会实现。

Yǒushí mèngxiǎng yě huì shíxiàn.

Dreams sometimes do come true.

有时间我就来。

Yǒu shíjiān wǒ jiù lái.

I will come, time permitting.

有时间表吗？

Yǒu shíjiānbiǎo ma?

Is there a timetable?

有是有的，不过远了一点。

Yǒu shì yǒu de, búguò yuǎnle yìdiǎn.

There is one, but it's a little far.

有朋友真好。

Yǒu péngyou zhēn hǎo.

It's nice to have friends.

有机水果比普通的贵一些。

Yǒujī shuǐguǒ bǐ pǔtōng de guì yìxiē.

Organic fruit is a bit more expensive than regular fruit.

有根睫毛掉进我眼睛里了。

Yǒu gēn jiémáo diào jìn wǒ yǎnjing lǐ le.

An eyelash has fallen into my eye.

有比没有好。

Yǒu bǐ méiyǒu hǎo.

It's better than nothing.

有没有修养，看他怎么对人。

Yǒuméiyǒu xiūyǎng, kàn tā zěnme duì rén.

Whether someone is well cultivated shows in how he treats people.

有没有关于做饭的指南？

Yǒuméiyǒu guānyú zuòfàn de zhǐnán?

Is there a guidebook on cooking?