嚟

嚟	U+569F, 嚟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-569F

Translingual

Han character

嚟 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口竹竹水 (RHHE), composition ⿰口黎)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4533
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 700, character 5
Unihan data for U+569F

Chinese

trad.		嚟
simp. ^#		嚟
alternative forms		來／来唻／𫪁黎 o黎 Internet 蒞／莅 uncommon

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 黎 (lai4)

Etymology

Vernacular reading of 來 / 来.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ / lei⁴ / lai^4-2 / lei^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lí
  - Wade–Giles: li²
  - Yale: lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lai⁴ / lei⁴ / lai^4-2 / lei^4-2
  - Yale: làih / lèih / lái / léi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ / lei⁴ / lai^4-2 / lei^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ / léi⁴ / lei^4-2 / léi^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹/, /lɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

lai4-2, lei4-2 - “to come; to occur”.

Definitions

嚟 (Cantonese)

to come; to arrive
我想嚟探你。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
ngo⁵ soeng² lai⁴ taam³ nei⁵. [Jyutping]
I'd like to come and visit you.
to bring
嚟多一碗叉燒飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
嚟多一碗叉烧饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]
lai⁴ do¹ jat¹ wun² caa¹ siu¹ faan⁶. [Jyutping]
Bring me another bowl of rice with barbecue pork.
to; for (expresses purpose)
我買咗啲雞蛋嚟整蛋撻。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我买咗啲鸡蛋嚟整蛋挞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ maai⁵ zo² di¹ gai¹ daan^6-2 lai⁴ zing² daan⁶ taat¹. [Jyutping]
I bought some eggs to make egg tarts.
Used to indicate that an event has just occurred
你睇完戲嚟呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你睇完戏嚟呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ tai² jyun⁴ hei³ lai⁴ aa⁴? [Jyutping]
Did you just watch a movie?
- 你去邊處黎 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你去边处黎 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1828, Robert Morrison, Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, part III, section I
  nei⁵ heoi³ bin¹ cyu³ lai⁴ [Jyutping]
  Where have you been?
Used to emphasize that the identity of the subject is the object
邊個嚟㗎？／边个嚟㗎？ [Cantonese] ― bin¹ go³ lai⁴ gaa³? [Jyutping] ― Who is this?

咩嚟？ [Cantonese] ― me¹ lai⁴? [Jyutping] ― (highly informal) What's that?

呢隻係狗嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢只系狗嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni¹ zek³ hai⁶ gau² lai⁴ ge³. [Jyutping]
This is a dog.

貓嚟㗎。／猫嚟㗎。 [Cantonese] ― maau¹ lai⁴ gaa³. [Jyutping] ― It's a cat.

佢工程師嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢工程师嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ gung¹ cing⁴ si¹ lai⁴ gaa³. [Jyutping]
They are an engineer.
- 1952, 唐龍, directed by 潘炳權, 契爺艷史 [Foster-Daddy's Romantic Affairs]‎^[1], spoken by 梁劍雲 (羅劍郎):
  
  我唔係你雲哥，我係呢度嘅顧客嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我唔系你云哥，我系呢度嘅顾客嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ nei⁵ wan⁴ go¹, ngo⁵ hai⁶ ni¹ dou⁶ ge³ gu³ haak³ lei⁴. [Jyutping]
  I am not your Big Brother Wan; I am a customer here.
- 2017, 小婉婉, 《P牌社工蝦碌碌：社福界小薯仔嘅讀書＋實習手記》, Hong Kong: 非凡出版社, →ISBN, page 43:
  
  如果問我社工係咩嚟，我會覺得好似一個「補給站」。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  如果问我社工系咩嚟，我会觉得好似一个「补给站」。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  jyu⁴ gwo² man⁶ ngo⁵ se⁵ gung¹ hai⁶ me¹ lai⁴, ngo⁵ wui⁵ gok³ dak¹ hou² ci⁵ jat¹ go³ “bou² kap¹ zaam⁶”. [Jyutping]
  If you ask me what a social worker is, I would think it is like a depot.
Used before a verb to express volition.
等我嚟做啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
dang² ngo⁵ lai⁴ zou⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]
Wait for me to do it.
(of events) to occur

Usage notes

Cantonese 嚟 is the direct equivalent of Modern Standard Chinese's 來／来 (lái), but there are some fixed phrases where 來 cannot be substituted with 嚟. For example, 出來／出来 (chūlái) is equivalent to 出嚟 but 原來如此／原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ) cannot become *原嚟如此.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 來 (“to come”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		來
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		來
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	來
	Taiwan	來
	Malaysia	來
	Singapore	來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嚟
	Hong Kong	嚟
	Macau	嚟
	Taishan	來
	Qingyuan	來
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嚟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嚟
Hakka	Meixian	來
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	來
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	來
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	來
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	來
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	來
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	來
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	來
Eastern Min	Sitiawan (Gutian)	來
Southern Min	Xiamen	來
	Quanzhou	來
	Dehua	來
	Taipei	來
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	來
	Kaohsiung	來
	Yilan	來
	Changhua (Lukang)	來
	Taichung	來
	Tainan	來
	Hsinchu	來
	Kinmen	來
	Penghu (Magong)	來
	Penang (Hokkien)	來
	Singapore (Hokkien)	來
	Manila (Hokkien)	來
	Chaozhou	來
	Shantou	來
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	來
	Singapore (Teochew)	來
Wu	Shanghai	來
	Suzhou	來
	Hangzhou	來
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	來

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嚟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): り (ri)