嚟 (lai4 lei4 | li2) : come

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嚟

lai4 lei4

li2

[1] [v] come
[2] [final particle] have just then been | [國] 來着

(1) It has been suggested that the reading lai4 originates from 來 while lei4 originates from 蒞.
(2) As 嚟 with its 18 strokes is not easy to write, many people prefer to use the standard character 來 which has the same meaning.

Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

嚟

This word has been viewed 1318 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jan 2013 06:01

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睇嚟 tai2 lei4 = seem; appear 粵

返嚟 faan1 lai4 ; faan1 lei4 = to return 粵

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
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佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？粵
Is he/she a local?

你係幾時返嚟㗎? 粵
When are you coming back?
[the "when" is emphasized by 係 preceding it, and the use of the final particle 㗎. Pronouncing 㗎 as gaa2 would add a sense of reservation or doubt about the situation.]

我想嚟探你粵
I would like to come and visit you.

媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

噉樣做為咗搵佢出嚟粵
This way is to find him out.

你聽日係嚟游水粵
Are you still coming swimming with me tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 嚟 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is near you but far from the other person.]

佢啱啱由倫敦過嚟粵
He's just come from London.
[Lit. he just-now from London over come.]

多謝你嘅幫襯。下次再嚟過。粵
Thank you for your business. Come back next time.

就嚟悶到我死啦粵
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
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
Bring the luggage over here!

你真係嚟得著時粵
You came at the right time
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/596/]opposite version[/url]]

你真係嚟得唔著時粵
You come at a bad time.
[cf. [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/595/]opposite version[/url]]

條金魚喺魚缸裏面游嚟游去。粵
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.

喺街上面唔好走嚟走去。粵
Don't chase around on the street.

有個波蘭朋友嚟咗探我。粵
A Polish friend has come to visit me.

哎吔，我唔記得咗買橙返嚟添！粵
Oh, I have forgotten to buy some oranges.

佢係個殺人狂嚟㗎粵
He's a homicidal maniac!

我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]

我架車死咗火，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]

佢就嚟十五歲嘅啦粵
He's almost 15 years old.
[Lit. he almost 15 year [particles]]

屎你要屙晒出嚟！粵
You need to get it all out of your system at once! [Talking about excretion.]
[Lit. poo you need excrete all out! Note the X晒出嚟 construction here. 嘔晒出嚟 [throw everything up] 喊晒出嚟 [cry]]

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！粵
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
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!

鉗實眼釘掹出嚟粵
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
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
The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student.

間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵
The room is given over to meetings.

工人嚟齊咁滯粵
Nearly all the workers have come.

冇人嚟乜滯粵
Almost no one has come.

佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.

個木橈只有一尺長，點用嚟撐船呀粵
How can we use a mere one-feet long paddle to punt the boat?

你哋冇幾何嚟就坐耐啲啦粵
As you all seldom come, do stay (sit) a little longer.

家下都光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

佢胃唔好痛到喺張床度捵嚟捵去粵
He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.

整支蔃嚟粵
Get me a cigarette

我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.

咸豐年前嘅事你重攞嚟講粵
You are still bringing up things that happened so many years ago

我哋嚟搓波先粵
Let's have a rally to warm up.
[[In a game of tennis or ping-pong or whatever.] Lit. We come stroke ball first. 我哋嚟搓吓波先 is okay too, with the altered meaning of "let's rally *for a while* to warm up." Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/]

乜咁錯蕩嚟探班呀粵
What brings you here today to visit me at my office?

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

就用激將法嚟令佢有返毅力同信心粵
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.

掹拫條繩嚟但又唔好剒斷佢粵
Pull the string taut but do not yank till it snaps.

你真係冇用，畀人哋一剒你就乜都爆晒出嚟粵
You are useless. You revealed everything when they pressured you to do so.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

佢揸住國旗搰嚟搰去粵
He is swaying the flag that is in his hands.

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

唔好篩嚟篩去粵
Do not sway about

有時廣東話講起上嚟都幾繑口粵
Sometimes Cantonese can be very hard to pronounce.

搵個紗罩嚟扱實啲嘢食粵
Find a mesh cover to cover the food.

件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about.
[the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

跟住落嚟，受害者… 粵
Carrying on, the victims...

真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years.
[Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]

呢盤生意係蝕本生意嚟㗎粵
This venture... is loss-making.
[Lit. this [counter] business is loss-making business [explanatory particle]]

有隻獅子喺動物園度走咗出嚟粵
A lion escaped from the zoo.

我嗰陣時親眼見到隻獅子喺動物園嗰度衝咗出嚟粵
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]

我嗌咗碟炒飯好耐,重未嚟呀! 粵
I've ordered a dish of fried rice a long time ago. But it still hasn't come yet!

屙晒啲屎出嚟！粵
Get it all out of your system in one go! [Talking about excretion.]
[Lit. excrete completely the poo out]

〝我鯁嚫呀！〞〝快D𦧲番出嚟！〞粵
"I'm choking!" "Quickly spit it out!"

你點都要諗辦法帶佢嚟呢度。粵
You must bring him here by fair means or foul.

講起嚟﹐我都識何先生。粵
Now you come to mention it, I know Mr Ho as well.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'once you start ...'.]

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!

佢頭先搵你嚟。粵
He has just been looking for you.
[The final particle 嚟 indicates the completion of an action.]

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