「嚟 / 來」

Entry #1
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 嚟 lai4 , lei4
  • 來 lai4 , lei4
Part of Speech: particle
Explanation:
used at the end of a copular sentence to emphasise that the two things in question (i.e. the subject and object) are identical, or that the latter is a description of the former; usage is similar to 係 hai6
(Cant.) 佢keoi5好hou2人jan4嚟lai4㗎gaa3!
(Eng.) He is a good guy!
(Cant.) 咩me1嚟lai4㗎gaa3?
(Eng.) What is it?
(Cant.) 呢ni1支zi1酒zau2好hou2嘢je5嚟lai4!
(Eng.) This bottle of wine is good stuff!
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「嚟 / 來」

Entry #2
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 嚟 lai4 , lei4
  • 來 lai4 , lei4
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to arrive; to come
    (Cant.) 細sai3佬lou2半bun3夜je2先sin1返faan1嚟lei4屋uk1企kei2。
    (Eng.) My younger brother came back home in the midnight.
    (Cant.) 你nei5幾gei2點dim2嚟lei4啊aa3?
    (Eng.) When will you come?

  • to bring something
    (Cant.) 嚟lei4啦laa1!我ngo5唔m4驚geng1你nei5。
    (Eng.) Bring it on! I am not afraid of you.
    (Cant.) 嚟lai4多do1兩loeng5籠lung4燒siu1賣maai2!
    (Eng.) Bring two more baskets of siu-mai please!

See also: 抵達 來臨 臨 到 蒞臨
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「來」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: loi4
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
coming, a prefix added in front of a noun or measure word indicating time
(Cant.) 來年loi4 nin4
(Eng.) the coming year
(Cant.) 來loi4屆gaai3
(Eng.) the coming term
(Cant.) 來loi4生sang1
(Eng.) the next life
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「嚟 / 來」

Entry #4
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 嚟 lai4 , lei4
  • 來 lai4 , lei4
Part of Speech: particle
Explanation:
used after a verb phrase to indicate that an action or event has just occurred
(Cant.) 頭tau4先sin1落lok6雨jyu5嚟lai4喎wo3。
(Eng.) It was raining just now.
(Cant.) 我ngo5呢ni1排paai2見gin3過gwo3佢keoi5嚟lai4。
(Eng.) I've met him recently.
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「來」

Entry #5
Pronunciation: loi4
Part of Speech: morpheme
Explanation:
to come; to arrive; see 嚟 lai4
See also: 來臨 到 蒞臨 抵達 臨
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