来
Simplified character
來
Traditional character
来 English definition
lái
- to come
- to arrive
- to come round
- ever since
- next
lái
- to come
- to arrive
- to come round
- ever since
- next
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
- 來 : Come
- 孻 : last;
- 崃 : name of a mountain in Sichuan;
- 涞 : brook; ripple;
- 箂 : (bamboo);
- 莱 : name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album;
- 郲 : name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齊|齐;
- 铼 : rhenium (chemistry);
- 騋 : mare;
- 鯠 : to confer; to bestow on an inferior; to reward;
Sentences examples with 来
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他想来吗？
Tā xiǎng lái ma? -
你什么时候回来？
Nǐ shénme shíhòu huílái? -
我是坐飞机来中国的。
Wǒ shì zuò fēijī lái zhōngguó de. -
我们东西来了。
Wǒmen dōngxī láile. -
他是昨天来这儿的。
Tā shì zuótiān lái zhè'er de.
Words containing 来, by HSK level
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HSK 1 vocabulary list
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来 (lái): to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
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HSK 3 vocabulary list
- 后来 (hòu lái) : afterwards; later
- 起来 (qǐ lái) : beginning or continuing an action; upward movement; stand up
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HSK 4 vocabulary list
- 本来 (běn lái) : original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 从来 (cóng lái) : always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 将来 (jiāng lái) : in the future; future; the future; CL:个
- 来不及 (lái bu jí) : there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth)
- 来得及 (lái de jí) : there's still time; able to do sth in time
- 来自 (lái zì) : to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 原来 (yuán lái) : original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so... actually
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HSK 5 vocabulary list
- 未来 (wèi lái) : future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending; CL:个
- 以来 (yǐ lái) : since (a previous event)
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HSK 6 vocabulary list
- 近来 (jìn lái) : recently; lately
- 苦尽甘来 (kǔ jìn gān lái) : bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- 来历 (lái lì) : history; antecedents; origin
- 来源 (lái yuán) : source (of information etc); origin
- 礼尚往来 (lǐ shàng wǎng lái ) : lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness;
- 历来 (lì lái) : always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- 向来 (xiàng lái) : always; all along