來

Simplified: 来

On the HSK 1 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

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lái ㄌㄞˊ

- to come
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5])
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- the coming ... the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4])
  prefix
- in order to
  between two verbs
- approximately
  after a round number
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Other words read lái

In the same tone

萊 lái Chenopodium album
淶 lái brook
崍 lái name of a mountain in Sichuan
錸 lái rhenium
孻 lái last

All 9 words read lái

lai with other tones

賴 lài depend on
癩 lài scabies
籟 lài sound
賚 lài bestow
瀨 lài rushing of water

All 17 words read lai in any tone

How 來 is written

部首 radical: 人
笔画 strokes: 8, with 6 after the 部首
结构 structure: 镶嵌结构
偏旁 parts: 木从

Easy to confuse with 來

夾

Words with 來

Starting with 來

來到 láidào arrive
來自 láizì From:
來源 láiyuán source
來不及 láibují it's too late
來回 láihuí return journey

All 69 words starting with 來

Ending with 來

起來 qǐlai stand up
出來 chūlái come out
下來 xiàlai come down
原來 yuánlái original
後來 hòulái afterwards

All 147 words ending with 來

Containing 來

越來越 yuèláiyuè more and more
從來不 cóngláibù never
馬來西亞 mǎláixīyà Malaysia
愈來愈 yùláiyù more and more
原來如此 yuánláirúcǐ I see

All 128 words containing 來

Example sentences and grammar articles using 來

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