也有今天

Chinese

		also; too	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	today; nowadays; the present time
trad. (也有今天)		也	有	今天
simp. ^#(也有今天)		也	有	今天
Literally: “also have today”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yě yǒu jīntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yě yǒu jīntiān [Phonetic: yéyǒujīntiān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yě yǒu jintian
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³ yu³ chin¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: yě yǒu jīn-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee yeou jintian
  - Palladius: е ю цзиньтянь (je ju czinʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
  - Yale: yáh yáuh gām tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya⁵ yeo⁵ gem¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː¹³ jɐu̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

也有今天

(colloquial) to get one's comeuppance for a wrong deed
約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]
Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]
After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

你也有今天都是你自作自受。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ yěyǒujīntiān dōu shì nǐ zìzuòzìshòu. [Pinyin]
You'll get what you deserve for what you've done.

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