粵

出ceot1嚟lei4

ceot1 lei4ceot1 lai4chū lí

English

  1. come out
  2. out; to indicate that an action is done in a direction away from the hearer and nearer to the speaker. The difference between 出嚟 ceot1 lai4 and 入嚟 jap6 lai4 is that the former usually refers to somewhere the speaker considers as wider, farther, or less remote.
  3. to leave the place of the listener, and to go somewhere the speaker considers as wider, farther or less remote.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指一個動作嘅方向係由接近聽者到遠離聽者並接近講者;同入嚟唔同嘅係,出去通常用於講者認為較寬廣、較外圍或較唔偏僻嘅地方
  2. 離開聽者所處嘅空間,至另一個講者認為較寬廣、較外圍或較唔偏僻嘅地方

Examples

  • 拎出嚟

    to take something out

  • 行出嚟

    to walk outwards

  • 企出嚟

    to come out and stand up

  • 佢喊咗出嚟。

    She began crying.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 粒鈕甩咗出嚟。

    The button came off.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 行出嚟傾電話啦!

    Hey, why don't you talk on the phone outside?

  • 今晚出嚟飲嘢吖。

    Let's come out and drink tonight.

  • 夠薑就出嚟隻揪!

    Come and fight me if you dare!

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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