落嚟

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	(Cantonese) to come
trad. (落嚟)		落	嚟
simp. #(落嚟)		落	嚟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ lai⁴ / lok⁶ lei⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ lai⁴ / lok⁶ lei⁴
    • Yale: lohk làih / lohk lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ lai⁴ / lok⁹ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ lei⁴ / log⁶ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² lɐi̯²¹/, /lɔːk̚² lei̯²¹/

Verb

落嚟

1. (Cantonese) to come down
2. (Cantonese) to come south

   當年我阿爺游水落嚟香港。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   当年我阿爷游水落嚟香港。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   dong¹ nin⁴ ngo⁵ aa³ je⁴ jau⁴ seoi² lok⁶ lai⁴ hoeng¹ gong². [Jyutping]

   My grandfather swam to Hong Kong from mainland China back then.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 下來／下来 (xiàlái)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 落來／落来