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Found 90 word entries for "来" Link to this search: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=1&text=%E6%9D%A5
	Word	jyutping	pinyin	Meaning
	來勁	loi4 ging3	lai2 jin4	國   enthusiastic; in high spirits; thrilling; exhilarating; invigorating; tease; jest with; annoy
	出來	ceot1 lei4/lai4/loi4	chu1 lai2	to come out; to emerge
	本來	bun2 loi4	ben3 lai2	formerly; at first; original
	馬來西亞	maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3	ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3 (Taiwan), ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4 (PRC)	Malaysia
	未來	mei6 loi4/lei4	wei4 lai2	future; in the future; [粵] have not yet come
	來自	loi4 zi6	lai2 zi4	國   to come from
	將來	zoeng1 loi4	jiang1 lai2	in the future
	過來	gwo3 lai4	guo4 lai2; guo4 lai5	come here
	從來	cung4 loi4	cong2 lai2	always; at all times; all along
	上來	soeng5 loi4	shang4 lai2/5	國   come up; begin; upward
	原來	jyun4 loi4	yuan2 lai2	originally; actually; original
	自來水	zi6 loi4 seoi2	zi4 lai2 shui3	tap water; running water
	向來	hoeng3 loi4	xiang4 lai2	all along; always
	到來	dou3 lei4/lai4/loi4	dao4 lai2	to arrive; to reach; to have arrived; arrival; advent
	外來	ngoi6 loi4	wai4 lai2	foreign, outside, external, etc.
	來年	loi4 nin4	lai2 nian2	next year, the following year
	來到	loi4 dou3	lai2 dao4	to come, to arrive
	來生	loi4 sang1	lai2 sheng1	next life; next world; afterlife
	恭喜發財,利是𢭃來	gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4, lei6 si6 dau6 loi4		粵   a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Happy New Year, let's have a red envelope!
	來往	loi4 wong5	lai2 wang3	to come and go
	素來	sou3 loi4	su4 lai2	國   usually
	越來越	jyut6 loi4/lai4/lei4 jyut6	yue4 lai2 yue4	becoming more and more
	以來	ji5 loi4	yi3 lai2	since (a previous event)
	這樣一來	ze2 joeng6 jat1 loi4	zhe4 yang4 yi1 lai2	國   if this happens then
	總的來說	zung2 dik1 loi4 syut3	zong3 de5 lai2 shuo1	國   in short; in summary; generally speaking
	下來	haa6 loi4	xia4/5 lai5	國   come down; (suffix, indicating continuation)
	近來	gan6 loi4*2	jin4 lai2	recently; lately
	進來	zeon3 lei4/lai4/loi4	jin4 lai2	國   come in
	起來	hei2 loi4	qi3 lai5	國   upward movement; stand up; Chee-Lai
	往來	wong5 loi4	wang3 lai2	to come and go; dealings
	來回	loi4 wui4	lai2 hui2	to make a round trip, make a return journey
	來源	loi4 jyun4	lai2 yuan2	[1] source (of information, etc), [2] origin
	來看	loi4 hon3	lai2 kan4	[v] to interpret a topic from a certain point of view
	來臨	loi4 lam4	lai2 lin2	approach, come closer
	來說	loi4 syut3	lai2 shuo1	interpret a topic from a certain point of view
	回來	wui4 loi4	hui2 lai5	to return, come back
	帶來	daai3 loi4		brought
	後來	hau6 loi4	hou4 lai2	afterwards, later
	歷來	lik6 loi4	li4 lai2	always, of all time; throughout
	看來	hon3 loi4	kan4 lai5	apparently, it seems that
	來路	loi4 lou6*2		粵   imported or foreign-made (goods)
	夜來香	je6 loi4 hoeng1	ye4 lai2 xiang1	tuberose; a night willow
	來回來去	loi4 wui4 loi4 heoi3	lai2 hui2 lai2 qu4	repeatedly
	一般來說	jat1 bun1 loi4 syut3	yi4 ban1 lai2 shuo1	generally speaking
	三十年來	saam1 sap6 nin4 loi4	san1 shi2 nian2 lai2	for the past thirty years
	主要來源	zyu2 jiu3 loi4 jyun4	zhu3 yao4 lai2 yuan2	main source
	心血來潮	sam1 hyut3 lai4 ciu4	xin1 xue4 lai2 chao2 (PRC), xin1 xie3 lai2 chao2 (Taiwan)	to be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; have a brainstorm
	來信	loi4 seon3	lai2 xin4	incoming letter; send a letter here
	來賓	loi4 ban1	lai2 bin1	guest; visitor
	長期以來	coeng4 kei4 ji5 loi4	chang2 qi1 yi3 lai2 (PRC), chang2 qi2 yi3 lai2 (Taiwan)	ever since a long time ago
	馬來西亞人	maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 jan4	ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) ren2	a Malaysian person
	馬來西亞華人	maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 waa4 jan4	ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) hua2 ren2	Chinese Malaysian person
	自古以來	zi6 gu2 ji5 loi4	zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2	國   since ancient times
	來來去去	loi4 loi4 heoi3 heoi3	lai2 lai2 qu4 qu4	repeatedly
	亂來	lyun6*2 lai4	luan4 lai2	reckless; recklessly
	由來	jau4 lai4	you2 lai2	origin
	馬來棧	maa5 lai1 zaan2		粵   Belacan
	禮尚往來	lai5 soeng6 wong5 loi4	li3 shang4 wang3 lai2	one good turn deserves another
	外來語	ngoi6 loi4 jyu5	wai4 lai2 yu3	loanword
	來函	loi4 haam4	lai2 han2	incoming letter
	來龍去脈	loi4 lung4 heoi3 mak6	lai2 long2 qu4 mai4	origin and development; cause and effect
	與生俱來	jyu5 sang1 keoi1 loi4	yu3 sheng1 ju4 lai2	be born with; inherent; innate
	凱旋歸來	hoi2 syun4 gwai1 loi4	kai3 xuan2 gui1 lai2	triumphant return
	不久嘅將來	bat1 gau2 ge2 zeong1 loi4	bu4 jiu3 de5 jiang1 lai2	粵   in the non-distant future; soon; not too far down the road
	自來	zi6 loi4	zi4 lai2	all along
	恭喜發財,紅包拿來	gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4 hung4 baau1 naa4 loi4	gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2 hong2 bao1 na2 lai2	a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money!
	接踵而來	zip3 zung2 ji4 loi4	jie1 zhong3 er2 lai2	to come on after another; in come in succession
	姍姍來遲	saan1 saan1 loi4 ci4	shan1 shan1 lai2 chi2	to be late; to be too slow
	山雨欲來風滿樓	saan1 jyu5 juk6 loi4 fung1 mun5 lau4	shan1 yu3 yu4 lai2 feng1 man3 lou2	before a big storm there's signs pointing to what is about to come
	老來嬌	lou5 loi4 giu1	lao3 lai2 jiao1	粵   an elderly woman who tries to make herself attractive
	老來俏	lou5 loi4 ciu3	lao3 lai2 qiao4	a woman in her elder years who tries to make herself look attractive
	來意	loi4 ji3	lai2 yi4	one's purpose in coming; one's motive in coming
	來件籃	loi4 gin6 laam4	lai2 jian4 lan2	an "in" basket (on a desk in an office)
	慘過梁天來	caam2 gwo3 loeng4 tin1 loi4	can3 guo4 liang2 tian1 lai2	粵   very tragic; even more tragic than Leung Tin Loi
	夜來	je6 loi4	ye4 lai2	last night
	馬來滷麵	maa5 loi4 lou5 min6		mee rebus
	來日	loi4 jat6	lai2 ri4	in the days to come; the future
	飛來橫禍	fei1 loi4 waang4 wo6	fei1 lai2 heng4 huo4	unexpected disaster
	來說是非者，便是是非人	loi4 syut3 si6 fei1 ze2 bin6 si6 si6 fei1 jan4	lai2 shuo1 shi4 fei1 zhe3 bian4 shi4 shi4 fei1 ren2	the person who talks about a gossiper, is himself a gossiper
	原來如此	jyun4 loi4 jyu4 ci2	yuan2 lai2 ru2 ci3	so that's it; that explains it all
	空穴來風	hung1 jyut6 loi4 fung1	kong1 xue2 lai2 feng1	there's no smoke without fire
	醒來	sing2 loi4	xing3 lai2	to waken
	捲土重來	gyun2 tou2 cung5 loi4	juan3 tu3 chong2 lai2	stage a comeback
	周恩來	zau1 jan1 loi4	zhou1 en1 lai2	Zhou Enlai
	總括來說	zung2 kut3 loi4 syut3	zong3 kuo4 lai2 shuo1	國   in conclusion
	否極泰來	pei2 gik6 taai3 loi4	pi3 ji2 tai4 lai2	bliss comes out of the depth of misfortune; once adversity has run its course prosperity begins
	踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫	daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3, dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1	ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4, de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5	find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere
	既來之，則安之	gei3 loi4 zi1 zak1 on1 zi1	ji4 lai2 zhi1 ji4 an1 zhi1	make the best out of the situation that one is in
	兵來將擋，水來土掩	bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dong3 seoi2 loi4 tou2 jim2	bing1 lai2 jiang4 dang3 shui3 lai2 tu3 yan3	no matter what sb. does to prevent or stop sth. there are always corresponding counter measures
	前無古人，後無來者	cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4 hau6 mou4 loi4 ze2	qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2 hou4 wu2 lai2 zhe3	historically unprecedented