在來

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	to come
trad. (在來)		在	來
simp. (在来)		在	来

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 在来(ざいらい) (zairai, “preexisting; conventional”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chāi-lâi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chāi-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsāi-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaixlaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/

Adjective

在來

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) customary; conventional; up to now

Derived terms

• 在來米／在来米 (zàiláimǐ)