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从
cóng
from, by, since, whence, through
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One person 人 following another
HSK 2
4 strokes
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Words Using 从 (110)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
从
↗
cōng
lax / yielding / unhurried
2
cōng
从
↗
HSK 2
lax / yielding / unhurried
从
↗
cóng
from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. <zòng> and related to [[縱|纵]]) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
2
cóng
从
↗
HSK 2
from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. <zòng> and related to [[縱|纵]]) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
从
↗
zòng
second cousin
2
zòng
从
↗
HSK 2
second cousin
从
↗
Cóng
surname Cong
2
Cóng
从
↗
HSK 2
surname Cong
从来
↗
cónglái
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
4
cónglái
从来
↗
HSK 4
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
从前
↗
cóngqián
previously / formerly / once upon a time
5
cóngqián
从前
↗
HSK 5
previously / formerly / once upon a time
从而
↗
cóngér
thus / thereby
5
cóngér
从而
↗
HSK 5
thus / thereby
从事
↗
cóngshì
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
5
cóngshì
从事
↗
HSK 5
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
从此
↗
cóngcǐ
from now on / since then / henceforth
5
cóngcǐ
从此
↗
HSK 5
from now on / since then / henceforth
自从
↗
zìcóng
since (a time) / ever since
5
zìcóng
自从
↗
HSK 5
since (a time) / ever since