嚟 (lai4) — come; arrive in Cantonese
laiˎ₄嚟
Mandarin Pinyin: li2
Meaning of 嚟
nouncome; arrive
nounto; for; since; in order to
nounhave just been | [國] 來着
nouncoming; to come (Cantonese)
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Example Sentences with 嚟
佢係咪本地人嚟㗎？
Is he/she a local?
呢架係二手車嚟㗎
This car is second-hand.
多謝你嘅幫襯。下次再嚟過。
Thank you for your business. Come back next time.
zauˍ₆就laiˎ₄嚟munˍ₆悶dou˗₃到ngoˏ₅我seiˊ²死laa˗₃啦。
I am being bored to death.
如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！
If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight!
Words Containing 嚟
由頭嚟過jau4 tau4 lei4 gwo3
start all over again
郁嚟郁去juk1 lai4 juk1 heoi3
to move back and forth; to struggle [alternative characters]: 喐嚟喐去
跟住落嚟gan1 zyu6 lok6 lei4
to be continued; continuation follows
開嚟hoi1 lai4
to move away from something and come here
講嚟講去三幅被gong2 lai4 gong2 heoi3 saam1 fuk1 pei5
say the same thing over and over
遲嚟先走ci4 lai4 sin1 zau2
late to come, first to leave; last in first out (e.g., with staff layoffs)
揖佢過嚟jaap6 keoi5 gwo3 lai4
beckon him to come over
後嚟hau6 lai4
afterwards, later
嚟得切lei4 dak1 cit3
to be able to make it in time; there in time for [Syn.] 趕得切 , 趕到 [華]: 來得及
分嚟食fan1 lei4/lai4 sik6
share the food.
攞苦嚟辛lo2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1
搵苦嚟辛
輪住嚟leon4 zyu6 lai4
one after another
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