(cóng) - from, since, following in Mandarin
cóngTraditional: 從
Translation
from, since, following
Word origin
从 (traditional 從) depicts one person 人 following behind another, an associative compound conveying 'to follow', extended to the preposition 'from, since'. The simplified form keeps the two-person image.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- two 人 (rén, person) figures, one following the other
Stroke order
从
Examples
。
I walked over from home.
。
Starting from now.
。
He never lies.
课。
He took out the textbook from his school bag.
。
I have liked drawing since I was little.
从 (cóng) means from, since, following. It is used as a preposition in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 7 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 从.
Used in
Grammar articles
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The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...
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