來去

Chinese

		to come	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (來去)		來	去
simp. (来去)		来	去

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láiqù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ heoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lòi-hi / lôi / lê
Min Nan (POJ): lâi-khì / lâi-khìr / lâi-khù / laih / la̋i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: láiqù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laichiw
  - IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ heoi³
  - Yale: lòih heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ hoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ hêu³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːy̯²¹ hɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòi-hi / lôi / lê
  - Hakka Romanization System: loiˇ hi / loi´ / le´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: loi² hi⁴ / loi¹ / le¹
  - IPA: /loi̯¹¹ hi⁵⁵/, /loi̯²⁴/, /le²⁴/

Note: lôi, lê - contraction for “to leave”.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khì
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laɪ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laɪ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laɪ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laɪ²⁴⁻²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâi-khù
  - Tâi-lô: lâi-khù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lai'qux
  - IPA (Taipei): /laɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: laih
  - Tâi-lô: laih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̋i
  - Tâi-lô: la̋i
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /laɪ³⁵/

Note:

laih - contraction for “to leave”;
la̋i - contraction for “to go”.

Verb

來去

to make a round trip
to come and go
(Hakka, Min Nan) to leave; to depart
(Hakka, Min Nan) to go
- 老父嘛去給第二子講像款的話。第二子應講：『阿爸，我來去』，後來無去。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  老父嘛去给第二子讲像款的话。第二子应讲：‘阿爸，我来去’，后来无去。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 21:30
  Lāu-pē mā khì kā tē-jī kiáⁿ kóng siâng-khoán ê ōe. Tē-jī kiáⁿ ìn kóng: ‘A-pa, góa lâi-khì’, āu-lâi bô khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
(Hakka, Huizhou, Min Bei, Min Nan, Wu) to have contact with; to have dealings with

Derived terms

來去分明／来去分明
來去匆匆／来去匆匆

來去自如／来去自如
來回來去／来回来去 (láihuíláiqù)

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): --lâi-khì / --lâi-khìr

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khì
  - Tâi-lô: --lâi-khì
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --lâi-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: --lâi-khìr

Verb

來去

(Min Nan) Placed after a verb as its directional complement, like Mandarin 去 (qu).

Further reading

“Entry #3552”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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