起嚟 (hei2 lai4 | qi3 li2) : upward; beginning to

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起嚟

hei2 lai4

qi3 li2

[1] [adv] upward; up; together
[2] [aspect] beginning/starting to

[variant] 起上嚟 | [antonym] 落去 | [國] 起來

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

起嚟

This word has been viewed 4009 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Jul 2007 20:00 and last edited on 28th Oct 2014 10:10

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起 hei2 - rise; stand up; begin; build; remove; draft
嚟 lai4 lei4 - come

2 compounds containing this word:

吊起嚟賣 - to speculate by hoarding sth (which drives the price up)
講起嚟一疋布咁長 - it is a long story to tell

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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.]

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 ...'.]

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

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