"搵嚟" meaning in Chinese

See 搵嚟 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wɐn³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /wɐn³⁵ lei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 揾嚟 [Simplified-Chinese], 搵來 [alternative, Traditional-Chinese], 揾来 [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 搵嚟
  1. (Cantonese) to look for; to ask for (something negative) Tags: Cantonese Synonyms: 攞嚟, 𫽋嚟
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    },
    {
      "form": "搵來",
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        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "揾来",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "english": "to ask for trouble",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gaau²",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "搵嚟搞",
          "translation": "to ask for trouble",
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          "english": "to ask for trouble",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gaau²",
          "tags": [
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            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "揾嚟搞",
          "translation": "to ask for trouble",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "to say useless things",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gong²",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "搵嚟講",
          "translation": "to say useless things",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "to say useless things",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gong²",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "揾嚟讲",
          "translation": "to say useless things",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for; to ask for (something negative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-搵嚟-zh-verb-AM9GLbkr",
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "ask for",
          "ask for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to look for; to ask for (something negative)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "攞嚟"
        },
        {
          "word": "𫽋嚟"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán làih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán lèih"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² léi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ lei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵嚟"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "揾嚟",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "搵來",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "揾来",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "搵嚟",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 嚟",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 搵",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
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          ],
          "english": "to ask for trouble",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gaau²",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "搵嚟搞",
          "translation": "to ask for trouble",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          ],
          "english": "to ask for trouble",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gaau²",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "揾嚟搞",
          "translation": "to ask for trouble",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
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              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to say useless things",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gong²",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "搵嚟講",
          "translation": "to say useless things",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "english": "to say useless things",
          "roman": "wan² lai⁴ gong²",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "揾嚟讲",
          "translation": "to say useless things",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for; to ask for (something negative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "ask for",
          "ask for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to look for; to ask for (something negative)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán làih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wán lèih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² lei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wen² léi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn³⁵ lei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "攞嚟"
    },
    {
      "word": "𫽋嚟"
    }
  ],
  "word": "搵嚟"
}

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