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
simp. and trad. (也有今天)		也	有	今天
Literally: “also have today”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yěyǒu jīntiān

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yěyǒu jīntiān [Phonetic: yéyǒujīntiān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyieyeou jintian
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
  - Yale: yáh yáuh gām tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁵ jau⁵ gam¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya⁵ yeo⁵ gem¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɑː¹³ 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 yěyǒujīntiān. [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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