起嚟

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	(Cantonese) to come
trad. (起嚟)		起	嚟
simp. #(起嚟)		起	嚟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² lei⁴, hei² lai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² lei⁴, hei² lai⁴
    • Yale: héi lèih, héi làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² lei⁴, hei² lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² léi⁴, héi² lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ lei̯²¹/, /hei̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/

Verb

起嚟

1. (Cantonese) Used as a verb complement to indicate a change.

   佢突然之間開心起嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢突然之间开心起嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ dat⁶ jin⁴ zi¹ gaan¹ hoi¹ sam¹ hei² lei⁴. [Jyutping]

   He suddenly became delighted.

See also

• 起上嚟