粵

攞lo2嚟lai4

lo2 lai4lo2 lei4luó líinferred

English

  1. to bring here
  2. describing somebody doing something unnecessary or wrong causing the situation to become worse; usually followed by a word that specifies the unnecessary/wrong action.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將一樣嘢拎到講者嗰度
  2. 本身冇問題,但有人做多餘嘅嘢或做錯事令到個情況更差;通常後面配一個詞語去描述做咗咩多餘或錯嘅嘢

Examples

  • 電腦成日俾人攞嚟同人腦比。

    The computer is often compared to the human brain.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我份工攞嚟搵食㗎咋。我真正嘅職業係寫詩。

    My day job is just to support myself. My real profession is writing poetry.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我諗住問佢攞簽名呀,你有冇嘢可以攞嚟寫字㗎?

    I'm going to ask him for an autograph. Do you have anything to write with?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 去外國旅行要帶定人哋貨幣嘅散紙,攞嚟飛的、嘆咖啡、俾貼士。

    When you travel abroad, you need change in the currency of the country you are visiting to pay for a taxi, a cup of coffee or a tip.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我冇集郵,但係有儲日本嘅明信片,可以攞嚟做籍口請佢上我屋企。

    I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite her.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 而喺人工智能上,語義網絡仲可以攞嚟教電腦處理日常語言。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 攞嚟搞

    doing unnecessary things / causing unnecessary fuss

  • 攞嚟賤

    causing one's own indignity

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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