起嚟
hei2 lai4hei2 lei4qǐ lí
English
- when (spoken)
- added after a verb to indicate that the action or change has just taken place
粵語 — Cantonese
- 放喺動詞後面,表示動作或者變化啱啱開始;起上嚟
Examples
呢啲水聞起嚟好香。
This water smells good.
當佢哋三個繼續行入條巷嗰陣,有隻似烏鴉嘅雀仔喺路邊一棵大松樹嘅樹頂上跳起嚟,好似驚咗咁。
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落起雨嚟
to start raining
佢哋打起嚟嘞。
Look, they started fighting.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk