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lai lai

lai lai interjection: an exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.

Interjection

lai lai

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
    Synonyms:
    come

Synonyms of lai lai

Origin of lai lai

Borrowed from Mandarin or Hokkien. Reduplication of 來 /来, Mandarin 來／来 (lái) or Hokkien 來／来 (lâi).

Questions about lai lai

What does lai lai mean?
Lai lai means an exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
What part of speech is lai lai?
Lai lai is an interjection.

Words near lai lai in the dictionary

  1. Lai Chi Kok
  2. Lai Chi Vun
  3. Lai Châu
  4. Lai Haraoba
  5. Lai Harauba
  6. lai lai
  7. lai see
  8. lai sees
  9. Lai-feng
  10. Laibach
  11. Laibin

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