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一來

一來

See also: 一来

Chinese

		one; 1; single one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to come
trad. (一來)		一	來
simp. (一来)		一	来

Adverb

一來

firstly; in the first place

See also

二來／二来 (èrlái)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīlái

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-lòi
Min Nan (POJ): it-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīlái [Phonetic: yìlái]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilai
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ loi⁴
  - Yale: yāt lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ loi²
  - IPA: /it̚² lo̯i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ loi²
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² lo̯i¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: it-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ laɪ²³/