U+569F, 嚟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-569F

[U+569E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56A0]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口竹竹水 (RHHE), composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4533
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 700, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+569F

Chinese

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trad.
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alternative forms
𫪁

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uncommon

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (lai4)

Etymology

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Vernacular reading of .

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lai4-2, lei4-2 - to come; to occur.

    Definitions

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    (Cantonese)

    1. to come; to arrive
      [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      ngo5 soeng2 lai4 taam3 nei5. [Jyutping]
      I'd like to come and visit you.
    2. to bring
      叉燒 [Cantonese, trad.]
      叉烧 [Cantonese, simp.]
      lai4 do1 jat1 wun2 caa1 siu1 faan6. [Jyutping]
      Bring me another bowl of rice with barbecue pork.
    3. to; for (expresses purpose)
      雞蛋蛋撻 [Cantonese, trad.]
      鸡蛋蛋挞 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 maai5 zo2 di1 gai1 daan6-2 lai4 zing2 daan6 taat1. [Jyutping]
      I bought some eggs to make egg tarts.
    4. Used to indicate that an event has just occurred
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 tai2 jyun4 hei3 lai4 aa4? [Jyutping]
      Did you just watch a movie?
    5. Used to emphasize that the identity of the subject is the object
      邊個边个 [Cantonese]  ―  bin1 go3 lai4 gaa3? [Jyutping]  ―  Who is this?
      [Cantonese]  ―  me1 lai4? [Jyutping]  ―  (highly informal) What's that?
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      ni1 zek3 hai6 gau2 lai4 ge3. [Jyutping]
      This is a dog.
      [Cantonese]  ―  maau1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]  ―  It's a cat.
      工程師 [Cantonese, trad.]
      工程师 [Cantonese, simp.]
      keoi5 gung1 cing4 si1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]
      They are an engineer.
    6. Used before a verb to express volition.
      [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      dang2 ngo5 lai4 zou6 laa1. [Jyutping]
      Wait for me to do it.
    7. (of events) to occur

    Usage notes

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    • Cantonese is the direct equivalent of Modern Standard Chinese's (lái), but there are some fixed phrases where cannot be substituted with . 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.

    Synonyms

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    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

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    • On (unclassified): (ri)