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The Cantonese word jyun loi - 原来 - jyun4 loi4
(original in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

jyun4 loi4

English translations

original, at first, so, to turn out to be,
former, originally, actually, to prove to be

Chinese characters:

原来
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原来 (jyun4 loi4) is composed of these characters: 原, 来
原来 ( jyun loi / jyun4 loi4 ) in traditional characters
原來

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

former  |  to be at
原来 ( jyun loi / jyun4 loi4 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 107)
More words that mean original in Cantonese
bun2 ( 本 ), bun2 loi4 ( 本来 ), sau2 ( 首 )
More words that mean at first in Cantonese
bun2 ( 本 ), bun2 loi4 ( 本来 )

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