嚟講 (lei4 gong2 | ) : speaking from (qn,sth)'s perspective

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嚟講

lei4 gong2

speaking from (sb,sth)'s perspective [華]: 來說

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

嚟講 / 嚟讲

This word has been viewed 4045 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 7th Nov 2009 14:00 and last edited on 9th Nov 2009 05:48

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Characters in this word:

嚟 lai4 lei4 - come
講 gong2 - say; speak

3 compounds containing this word:

講嚟講去 - to say the same thing again and again
講嚟講去三幅被 - say the same thing over and over
總括嚟講 - in conclusion

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你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me.
[Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]

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

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Decimal representation of this word: 嚟講

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