Chinese Character 嚟 (lei4 lai4 | li2) : to come; to order food or drink

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嚟
lei4 lai4 li2
[Cantonese] [v] come; order (food, drinks, etc.) Note, this character is time consuming to write and some Cantonese people prefer to use 來 instead. It has been suggested that 來 should never have been replaced by 嚟 in the first place... Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing only 粵 Stroke count: 18 Level: 2 Radical: 口 (#30)
嚟
This character was last edited on 27th Mar 2008
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睇嚟 tai2 lei4 = to look 返嚟 faan1 lei4 = to return 入嚟 jap6 lei4/lai4 = come in粵出嚟 ceot1 lei4/lai4 = to come out; to emerge粵上嚟 soeng5 lai4 = to come up粵返開嚟 faan1 hoi1 lai4 = to come back towards the speaker but away from the object粵埋嚟 maai4 lai4 = to come towards the object here粵落嚟 lok6 lai4 = to come down粵返上嚟 faan1 soeng5 lai4 = to come back up here粵返入嚟 faan1 jap6 lai4 = into...here again粵 See all 48 compounds
Showing 10 of 28 examples containing 嚟佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵 edit Is he/she a local? 多謝你嘅幫襯。下次再嚟過。粵 edit Thank your for your business. Come back next time. 就嚟悶到我死啦粵 edit I am bored to death. [[literally] almost bored to the point where I die.] 咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀. 粵 edit Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving. [the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.] 拎件行李過嚟! 粵 edit Bring the luggage over here! 如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！粵 edit If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight! 橫掂都出咗嚟，順便去睇戲啦。粵 edit Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway! 鉗實眼釘掹出嚟粵 edit Grip the nail tight and pull it out. [眼 is the classifier for 釘 (nail).] 佢病咗, 唔怪之得唔嚟啦! 粵 edit He is sick. No wonder he's failed to turn up! 請番嚟嘅所謂專家, 其實係個學生粵 edit The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student. Show all 28 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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