hopeful; promising
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to have hope; to be promising
dialectOriginally a northern Chinese dialect expression, now widely used in colloquial Mandarin to indicate that something is likely to succeed or has a good chance.
Zhè这
cì次
shēng升
zhí职
yǒu有
xì戏
ma吗
？
Is there any hope for this promotion?
Zhǐ只
yào要
nǔ努
lì力
，
kǎo考
yán研
hái还
shì是
yǒu有
xì戏
de的
。
As long as you work hard, there is still hope for passing the graduate school entrance exam.
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Wǒ我
kàn看
zhè这
shì事
er儿
yǒu有
xì戏
。
I think this matter has promise.