用嚟

Chinese

		to use	(Cantonese) to come
trad. (用嚟)		用	嚟
simp. ^#(用嚟)		用	嚟

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ lei⁴ / jung⁶ lai⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ lei⁴ / jung⁶ lai⁴
  - Yale: yuhng lèih / yuhng làih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ lei⁴ / jung⁶ lai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ léi⁴ / yung⁶ lei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lei̯²¹/, /jʊŋ²² lɐi̯²¹/

Verb

用嚟

(Cantonese) to use it with an aim to
- 1985, “最緊要好玩”, in 林振強 (lyrics), 最緊要好玩, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  我想攀登火山，執塊石頭用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我想攀登火山，执块石头用嚟煎蛋 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ soeng² paan¹ dang¹ fo² saan¹, zap¹ faai³ sek⁶ tau⁴ jung⁶ lei⁴ zin¹ daan^6-2 [Jyutping]
  I want to climb a volcano, get a rock, and use it to fry an egg

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 用來 (“to use with an aim to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		用來, 用以
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	用來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	愛嚟, 𢬿嚟
	Hong Kong	用嚟, 愛嚟, 攞嚟, 要嚟
	Taishan	𢬿來