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

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• 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

1. (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 lei⁴ zin¹ daan^6-2 [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