来
láiTraditional: 來
HSK 1
#179 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to come (directional)
Stroke order
来
Examples
。
Come over here.
。
He has come.
，。
Come, sit here.
。
He came from home.
。
Please come over here for a moment.
來 (lái) means to come (directional). It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
Related words
Appears in 18 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 来.
回来huí láito come back, to return起来qǐ láito get up, to rise出来chū láito come out, to emerge过来guò láito come over, to come across看起来kàn qǐ láiit seems, it looks like, apparently我来wǒ láilet me do it, I'll handle it来说lái shuōspeaking of, in terms of, for (plus perspective)进来jìn láito come in, to enter下来xià láito come down, to descend从来cóng láialways, ever, from the beginning (used with negatives)看来kàn láiit seems, it looks like, apparently带来dài láito bring, to bring about来自lái zìto come from, to originate from来到lái dàoto come to, to arrive at未来wèi láifuture本来běn láioriginally, at first原来yuán láioriginally, as it turned out, so后来hòu láiafterwards, later
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Grammar articles
- Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
- Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
- Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
- Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
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