嚟緊

Chinese

		(Cantonese) to come	tight; nervous; strict
trad. (嚟緊)		嚟	緊
simp. (嚟紧)		嚟	紧

嚟緊

(Cantonese, idiomatic) coming; upcoming; next
嚟緊幾個禮拜 [Cantonese, trad.]
嚟紧几个礼拜 [Cantonese, simp.]
lai⁴ gan² gei² go³ lai⁵ baai³ [Jyutping]
the next few weeks

嚟緊

(Cantonese, idiomatic, of time or age) to be coming soon; to be about to come
邊有等咗五分鐘咁少呀，廿五分鐘都嚟緊啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
边有等咗五分钟咁少呀，廿五分钟都嚟紧啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
bin¹ jau⁵ dang² zo² ng⁵ fan¹ zung¹ gam³ siu² aa³, jaa⁶ ng⁵ fan¹ zung¹ dou¹ lai⁴ gan² laa¹. [Jyutping]
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(Cantonese, literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 嚟 (lí),‎ 緊／紧 (jǐn); coming
我嚟緊搵你㗎喇，轉個彎就到。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我嚟紧揾你㗎喇，转个弯就到。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ lai⁴ gan² wan² nei⁵ gaa³ laa³, zyun² go³ waan¹ zau⁶ dou³. [Jyutping]
I'm coming for you, just around the corner.

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