坮來

Chinese

			to come
trad. (坮來)		坮	來
simp. (坮来)		坮	来

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâi--lâi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi--lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tâi--lâi

Verb

坮來

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien, vulgar) to scram back
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien, vulgar) to come back; to return

Usage notes

• The "scram back" sense is usually said scoldingly or commandingly when the speaker is annoyed, dissatisfied, or angry.

Synonyms

• (to scram back): 滾回來／滚回来, 滾過來／滚过来
• (to return):

Dialectal synonyms of 回來 (“to come back; to return”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		歸來
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回來, 歸來
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回來
	Taiwan	回來
	Singapore	回來
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	回來
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	回來
	Wanrong	回來
	Xi'an	回來
	Xuzhou	回來
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	轉來
	Guiyang	轉來
	Guilin	回來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返嚟
	Hong Kong	返嚟
	Taishan	返來
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返嚟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返嚟
Hakka	Meixian	轉來
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	轉來
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	轉來
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	轉來
	Wuhua (Changbu)	轉來
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	轉來
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	轉來
	Wengyuan	轉來
	Liannan	轉來
	Jiexi	轉來
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	轉來
	Changting	轉來
	Wuping (Yanqian)	歸來
	Ninghua	轉來
	Yudu	轉來
	Ningdu	歸來
	Tonggu (Sandu)	轉來
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	歸來
	Dayu	轉來
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉來
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸來
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉來
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉來
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉來, 轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉來
	Hong Kong	轉來
	Mengshan (Xihe)	轉
	Luchuan	轉來
	Senai (Huiyang)	轉來
Jin	Taiyuan	回來
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉來
Southern Min	Xiamen	轉來, 倒來
	Quanzhou	轉來, 倒來
	Dehua	倒來
	Zhangzhou	轉來
	Tainan	轉來
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉來
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡來, 倒來, 翻來
	Chaozhou	轉來
	Shantou	轉來
	Jieyang	轉來
	Bangkok (Teochew)	轉來
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	轉來
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉來
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	轉來
Wu	Shanghai	回來, 轉來, 回轉來
	Shanghai (Chongming)	轉來
	Hangzhou	轉來
	Wenzhou	走來
Xiang	Changsha	轉來

Related terms

• 坮去