來去

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láiqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ heoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-hi / lôi / lê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâi-khì / lâi-khìr / lâi-khù / laih / la̋i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láiqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láicyù
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: lái-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laichiuh
    • Palladius: лайцюй (lajcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ heoi³
    • Yale: lòih heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ hɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-hi / lôi / lê
    • Hakka Romanization System: loiˇ hi / loi´ / le´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: loi² hi⁴ / loi¹ / le¹
    • Sinological IPA: /loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/, /loi̯²⁴/, /le²⁴/

Note: lôi, lê - contraction for “to leave”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khìr
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lai²⁴⁻²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khù
    • Tâi-lô: lâi-khù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qux
    • IPA (Taipei): /lai²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: laih
    • Tâi-lô: laih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̋i
    • Tâi-lô: la̋i
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lai³⁵/

Note:

• laih - contraction for “to leave”;
• la̋i - contraction for “to go”.

Verb

來去

1. to make a round trip
2. to come and go
3. (Hakka, Southern Min) to leave; to depart
4. (Hakka, Southern Min) to go

   • 老父嘛去給第二子講像款的話。第二子應講：『阿爸，我來去』，後來無去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     老父嘛去给第二子讲像款的话。第二子应讲：『阿爸，我来去』，后来无去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 21:30

     Lāu-pē mā khì kā tē-jī kiáⁿ kóng siâng-khoán ê ōe. Tē-jī kiáⁿ ìn kóng: ‘A-pa, góa lâi-khì’, āu-lâi bô khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

5. (Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --lâi-khì / --lâi-khìr

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: --lâi-khì
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khìr
    • Tâi-lô: --lâi-khìr

Verb

來去

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

Further reading

• “Entry #3552”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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