嚟嚟去去

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to come	(Cantonese) to come	to go; to leave; to remove	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (嚟嚟去去)		嚟	嚟	去	去
simp. #(嚟嚟去去)		嚟	嚟	去	去

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ lai⁴ heoi³ heoi³, lei⁴ lei⁴ heoi³ heoi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴ lai⁴ heoi³ heoi³, lei⁴ lei⁴ heoi³ heoi³
    • Yale: làih làih heui heui, lèih lèih heui heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ lai⁴ hoey³ hoey³, lei⁴ lei⁴ hoey³ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ lei⁴ hêu³ hêu³, léi⁴ léi⁴ hêu³ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ lɐi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³ hɵy̯³³/, /lei̯²¹ lei̯²¹ hɵy̯³³ hɵy̯³³/

Adverb

嚟嚟去去

1. (Cantonese) back and forth; over and over

   嚟嚟去去都係嗰三幅被，冇釐新意。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   嚟嚟去去都系嗰三幅被，冇厘新意。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lai⁴ lai⁴ heoi³ heoi³ dou¹ hai⁶ go² saam¹ fuk¹ pei⁵, mou⁵ lei⁴ san¹ ji³. [Jyutping]

   It's the same old things over and over; there's nothing new.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 來來去去／来来去去 (loi⁴ loi⁴ heoi³ heoi³)