來三

Chinese

		to come	three
trad. (來三)		來	三
simp. (来三)		来	三
alternative forms		來塞／来塞

Etymology

Folk etymology states that it originates from lassie, through Chinese Pidgin English.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶le-se₁ / ²le-se₁

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-se₁
    • MiniDict: le^去 se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-se₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² se⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²le-se₁
    • MiniDict: le^平 se^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /le²² se³³/

Adjective

來三

1. (Northern Wu) OK; alright
2. (Northern Wu) capable; competant

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 行 (“OK”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		行
Mandarin	Beijing	行
	Taiwan	行
	Luoyang	中
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得
	Hong Kong	得
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	來三, 來事
	Suzhou	來三

See also

• 來三／来三
• 來司／来司
• 來堆／来堆
• 來煞／来煞