来
來HSK 1freq #31
Meanings
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- 1.to come
- 2.(used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- 3.hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来[huí lai])
- 4.ever since (as in 自古以来[zì gǔ yǐ lái])
- 5.for the past (amount of time)
- 6.(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世[lái shì])
- 7.(between two verbs) in order to
- 8.(after a round number) approximately
- 9.(used after 得[dé] to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来[tán de lái], or after 不[bù] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来[chī bu lái])
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Wiktionary
- 1.to come; to arrive
- 2.to bring
- 3.to; for (expresses purpose)
- 4.Used to indicate that an event has just occurred
- 5.Used to emphasize that the identity of the subject is the object
- 6.Used before a verb to express volition.
- 7.to occur
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 黎 (lai4) Vernacular reading of 來 /来.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
来看看！
Come and take a look.
转过来。
Turn around.
他来了。
He came.
让我来。
Let me try.
我来啦。
I'm coming.
尽快来。
Come as soon as you can.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
上嚟亂咁嚟乱咁嚟亂嚟乱嚟入嚟再嚟過再嚟过冤枉嚟，瘟疫去出嚟出嚟蒲出嚟行吊起嚟賣吊起嚟卖吊高嚟賣吊高嚟卖唔衰攞嚟衰唔衰𫽋嚟衰嚟嚟去去嚟得切嚟真嚟講嚟讲埋嚟天跌落嚟當被冚天跌落嚟当被冚夾得嚟夹得嚟定啲嚟就嚟
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Related words
起来 (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state起来 to stand up; to get up出来 to come out出来 (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)回来 to return; to come back下来 to come down来自 to come from (a place)带来 to bring过来 to come over过来 see 过来[guò lái]未来 future看来 apparently