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嚟
嚟
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Translingual
Han character
嚟 (radical 30 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口竹竹水 (RHHE), composition ⿰口黎)
References
- KangXi: page 213, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4533
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 700, character 5
- Unihan data for U+569F
Chinese
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嚟 | |
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來／来 黎 nonstandard o黎 Internet |
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Etymology
Vernacular reading of 來.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lei4, lai4
- Yale: lèih, làih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lei4, lai4
- IPA (key): /lei̯²¹/, /lɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Verb
嚟
- (Cantonese) to come, arrive
- 我想嚟探你。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― Ngo5 soeng2lai4 taam3 nei5. [Jyutping] ― I'd like to come and visit you.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 來 (“to come”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 來 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 來 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 來 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嚟 |
| Hong Kong | 嚟 | |
| Taishan | 來 | |
Usage notes
- Cantonese 嚟 is the direct equivalent of Modern Standard Chinese's 來／来 (lái), but there are some fixed phrases where 來 cannot be substituted with 嚟. For example, 出來／出来 (chūlái) is equivalent to 出嚟 but 原來如此／原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ) cannot become *原嚟如此.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嚟
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