Chinese

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to come to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (來去)
simp. (来去)

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • Sixian:
    • lê - contraction for “to leave”.
Note:
  • laih - contraction for “to leave”;
  • lăi - contraction for “to go”.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: lai5 ke3 / lai3 ke3
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâi khṳ̀ / lài khṳ̀
      • Sinological IPA (key): /lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰɯ²¹³/, /lai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰɯ²¹³/
Note:
  • lai5 ke3 - "to come and go";
  • lai3 ke3 - "to go".

Verb

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來去

  1. to make a round trip; to come and go
  2. (Hakka, Southern Min) to leave; to depart
  3. (Hakka, Southern Min) to go
  4. (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with
Synonyms
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  • (to make a round trip):
  • (to have contact):
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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來去

  1. (Southern Min) Placed after a verb as its directional complement, like Mandarin (qu).

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