嚟

嚟 U+569F, 嚟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-569F
← 嚞
[U+569E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚠 →
[U+56A0]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嚟
alt. forms 來／来
黎 nonstandard
o黎 Internet

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 黎 (OC *riːl)

Etymology

Vernacular reading of 來.

Pronunciation

Definitions

嚟

  1. (Cantonese) to come, arrive
    我想嚟探你。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Ngo5 soeng2 lai4 taam3 nei5. [Jyutping]  ―  I'd like to come and visit you.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 來 (“to come”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 來
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 來
Mandarin Beijing 來
Cantonese Guangzhou 嚟
Hong Kong 嚟
Taishan 來

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.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嚟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): り (ri)
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