用嚟

Chinese

		to use	(Cantonese) to come
trad. (用嚟)		用	嚟
simp. ^#(用嚟)		用	嚟

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ lei⁴, jung⁶ lai⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ lei⁴, jung⁶ lai⁴
  - Yale: yuhng lèih, yuhng làih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ lei⁴, jung⁶ lai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ léi⁴, yung⁶ lei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lei̯²¹/, /jʊŋ²² lɐi̯²¹/

Verb

用嚟

(Cantonese) to use it with an aim to
- 1985, “最緊要好玩”, in 林振強 (lyrics), 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  我想攀登火山，執塊石頭用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我想攀登火山，执块石头用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ soeng² paan¹ dang¹ fo² saan¹, zap¹ faai³ sek⁶ tau⁴ jung⁶ lai⁴ zin¹ daan⁶ [Jyutping]
  I want to climb a volcano, get a rock, and use it to fry an egg

Synonyms

用來／用来 (yònglái)
(Cantonese) 愛嚟／爱嚟

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