Cantonese Dictionary

來人

loi4 jan4

Mandarin: lai2 ren2

Simplified: 来人

it is a line used by a master to summon one's servant

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來件籃

loi4 gin6 laam4

Mandarin: lai2 jian4 lan2

an "in" basket (on a desk in an office)

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來來去去

loi4 loi4 heoi3 heoi3

Mandarin: lai2 lai2 qu4 qu4

[1] repeatedly; over and over; again and again [2] [Syn.] 來回來去

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來信

loi4 seon3

Mandarin: lai2 xin4

incoming letter; send a letter here

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來到

loi4 dou3

Mandarin: lai2 dao4

to come, to arrive

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來勢

loi4 sai3

Mandarin: lai2 shi4

Simplified: 来势

seem to, the approaching situation

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來回

loi4 wui4

Mandarin: lai2 hui2

to make a round trip, make a return journey

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來安

lai4 on1

Mandarin: lai2 an1

Lai'an (place in Anhui)

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來客

loi4 haak3

Mandarin: lai2 ke4

guest

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來年

loi4 nin4

Mandarin: lai2 nian2

next year, the following year

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來往

loi4 wong5

Mandarin: lai2 wang3

to come and go

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來往戶口

loi4 wong5 wu6 hau2

current account (UK); checking account (US)

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來得

loi4 dak1

Mandarin: lai2 de5

competent; equal to; emerge (from a comparison) as; come out as

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來得及

loi4 dak1 kap6

Mandarin: lai2 de2 ji2

to be able to make it in time; there in time for [粵]: 趕到 , 趕得切 , 嚟得切

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來意

loi4 ji3

Mandarin: lai2 yi4

one's purpose in coming; one's motive in coming

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來料加工

loi4 liu6*2 gaa1 gung1

accept job with materials supplied by clients

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來料加工

loi4 liu2 gaa1 gung1

Mandarin: lai2 liao4 jia1 gong1

Simplified: 来料加工

processing on order with customer's provided material

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來日

loi4 jat6

Mandarin: lai2 ri4

in the days to come; the future

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來檬

loi4 mung1

Mandarin: lai2 meng2

Simplified: 来檬

Key lime

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來歷

loi4 lik6

Mandarin: lai2 li4

Simplified: 来历

(noun) Derivation

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來歷不明

loi4 lik6 bat1 ming4

Mandarin: lai2 li4 bu4 ming2

of unknown origin

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來源

loi4 jyun4

Mandarin: lai2 yuan2

Simplified: 来源

(verb) Originate from | in | with

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來生

loi4 sang1

Mandarin: lai2 sheng1

next life; next world; afterlife; the hereafter; world to come

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來由

loi4 jau4

cause; reason

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來看

loi4 hon3

Mandarin: lai2 kan4

[v] to interpret a topic from a certain point of view

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來福槍

loi4 fuk1 coeng1

Mandarin: lai2 fu2 qiang1

rifle

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來義鄉

lai4 ji6 hoeng1

Mandarin: lai2 yi4 xiang1

Laii (village in Taiwan)

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來者

loi4 ze2

Mandarin: lai2 zhe3

Simplified: 来者

whoever; one making an entry

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來者不拒

loi4 ze2 bat1 keoi5

Mandarin: lai2 zhe3 bu4 ju4

whoever comes will be welcome; refuse/reject nobody; keep open house for all

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來臨

loi4 lam4

Mandarin: lai2 lin2

approach, come closer

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