嚟緊

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to come	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (嚟緊)		嚟	緊
simp. (嚟紧)		嚟	紧

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ gan² / lei⁴ gan²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴ gan² / lei⁴ gan²
    • Yale: làih gán / lèih gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ gan² / lei⁴ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ gen² / léi⁴ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ kɐn³⁵/, /lei̯²¹ kɐn³⁵/

Adjective

嚟緊

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) coming; upcoming; next

   嚟緊幾個禮拜 [Cantonese, trad.]
   嚟紧几个礼拜 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lei⁴ gan² gei² go³ lai⁵ baai³ [Jyutping]

   the next few weeks

Verb

嚟緊

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic, of time or age) to be coming soon; to be about to come

   邊有等咗五分鐘咁少呀，廿五分鐘都嚟緊啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   边有等咗五分钟咁少呀，廿五分钟都嚟紧啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bin¹ jau⁵ dang² zo² ng⁵ fan¹ zung¹ gam³ siu² aa³, jaa⁶ ng⁵ fan¹ zung¹ dou¹ lei⁴ gan² laa¹. [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Cantonese, literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 嚟 (lí),‎ 緊 / 紧 (jǐn); coming

   我嚟緊搵你㗎喇，轉個彎就到。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我嚟紧揾你㗎喇，转个弯就到。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ lei⁴ gan² wan² nei⁵ gaa³ laa³, zyun² go³ waan¹ zau⁶ dou³. [Jyutping]

   I'm coming for you, just around the corner.

Synonyms

• (to be almost): 嚟緊頭／嚟紧头