Wiktionary

嚟

嚟 U+569F, 嚟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-569F
← 嚞
[U+569E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚠 →
[U+56A0]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad. 嚟
simp. # 嚟
alternative forms 來／来
唻／𫪁
黎
o黎 Internet
蒞／莅 uncommon

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 黎 (lai4)

Etymology edit

Vernacular reading of 來／来.

Pronunciation edit

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

Definitions edit

嚟 (Cantonese)

  1. to come; to arrive
    我想嚟探你。 [Cantonese]  ―  ngo5 soeng2 lai4 taam3 nei5. [Jyutping]  ―  I'd like to come and visit you.
  2. to bring
    嚟多一碗叉燒飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    嚟多一碗叉烧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    lai4 do1 jat1 wun2 caa1 siu1 faan6. [Jyutping]
    Bring me another bowl of rice with barbecue pork.
  3. to; for (expresses purpose)
    我買咗啲雞蛋嚟整蛋撻。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我买咗啲鸡蛋嚟整蛋挞。 [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
    你睇完戲嚟呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你睇完戏嚟呀？ [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
    邊個嚟㗎？／边个嚟㗎？ [Cantonese]  ―  bin1 go3 lai4 gaa3? [Jyutping]  ―  Who is this?
    咩嚟？ [Cantonese]  ―  me1 lai4? [Jyutping]  ―  (highly informal) What's that?
    呢隻係狗嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢只系狗嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ne1 zek3 hai6 gau2 lai4 ge3. [Jyutping]
    This is a dog.
    貓嚟㗎。／猫嚟㗎。 [Cantonese]  ―  maau1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]  ―  It's a cat.
    佢工程師嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢工程师嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 gung1 cing4 si1 lai4 gaa3. [Jyutping]
    They are an engineer.
  6. Used before a verb to express volition.
    等我嚟做啦。 [Cantonese]  ―  dang2 ngo5 lai4 zou6 laa1. [Jyutping]  ―  Wait for me to do it.
  7. (of events) to occur

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 來 (“to come”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 來
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 來
Mandarin Beijing 來
Taiwan 來
Malaysia 來
Singapore 來
Cantonese Guangzhou 嚟
Hong Kong 嚟
Macau 嚟
Taishan 來
Qingyuan 來
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嚟
Singapore (Guangfu) 嚟
Hakka Meixian 來
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 來
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 來
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 來
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 來
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 來
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 來
Min Dong Singapore (Fuqing) 來
Sitiawan (Gutian) 來
Min Nan Xiamen 來
Taipei 來
New Taipei (Sanxia) 來
Kaohsiung 來
Yilan 來
Changhua (Lukang) 來
Taichung 來
Tainan 來
Hsinchu 來
Kinmen 來
Penghu (Magong) 來
Penang (Hokkien) 來
Singapore (Hokkien) 來
Manila (Hokkien) 來
Chaozhou 來
Shantou 來
Shantou (Chaoyang) 來
Singapore (Teochew) 來
Wu Shanghai 來
Suzhou 來
Hangzhou 來
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 來

Compounds edit

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Kanji edit

嚟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): り (ri)
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