來三

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Chinese

		to come	three
trad. (來三)		來	三
simp. (来三)		来	三
alternative forms		來塞／来塞

Etymology

Folk etymology states that it originates from lassie, through Chinese Pidgin English.

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶le-se₁ / ²le-se₁

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-se₁
  - MiniDict: le^去 se^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-se₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² se⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²le-se₁
  - MiniDict: le^平 se^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /le²² se³³/

Adjective

來三

(Northern Wu) OK; alright
(Northern Wu) capable; competant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 行 (“OK”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		行
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	行
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	行
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	中
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得
Cantonese	Hong Kong	得
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	得
Wu	Shanghai	來三, 來事
Wu	Suzhou	來三

See also

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