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Traditional (Taiwan): 來

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

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

All 9 words read lái

lai with other tones

All 17 words read lai in any tone

How 来 is written

    部首 radical
    木
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    镶嵌结构
    偏旁 parts
    未丷

    Easy to confuse with 来

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