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

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

(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

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