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, trad. and simp.]
      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, trad. and simp.]
      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
    Eastern Min Singapore (Fuqing) 來
    Sitiawan (Gutian) 來
    Southern Min 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

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    嚟

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings edit

    • On (unclassified): り (ri)
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