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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
𢬿嚟
- (Cantonese, dated) to use with an aim to
1903, 吳啟太, 應對須知, in 粵音指南, volume 1, Hong Kong: 聚珍書樓, translation of 官話指南, page 6v:
你呢塊地咁大、冇人𢬿嚟造田園、豈不是可惜
你呢块地咁大、冇人𢬿嚟造田园、岂不是可惜 - nei5 ni1 faai3 dei6 gam3 daai6, mou5 jan4 kaai3 lai4 zou6 tin4 jyun4, hei2 bat1 si6 ho2 sik1
- With how big your piece of land here is, wouldn't it be a pity if no one used it as farmland?
1951, 蔣偉光, directed by 蔣偉光, 《唔嫁》 , spoken by 泉妻 (陶三姑):
等我仲搦佢嗰啲畫𢬿嚟冚米缸啊，黏窗口喎
等我仲搦佢嗰啲画𢬿嚟冚米缸啊，黏窗口㖞 - dang2 ngo5 zung6 nik1 keoi5 go2 di1 waa6-2 kaai3 lai4 kam2 mai5 gong1 aa3, nim4 coeng1 hau2 wo3
- I also took down his paintings and used them to cover the rice vats and to glue onto the windows.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
用來 (“to use with an aim to”)