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来
來
lái
1.
to come
2.
to arrive
3.
to come round
4.
ever since
5.
next
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一来
yīlái
on one hand,...
上来
shànglái
to come up
下来
xiàlai
to come down
二来
èrlái
in the second place
以来
yǐlái
since (a previous event)
来M
láiM
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
来信
láixìn
incoming letter
来函
láihán
incoming letter
来到
láidào
to come
来回
láihuí
to make a round trip
来安
Láiān
Lai'an county in Chuzhou [[滁州<Chúzhōu>]], Anhui
来客
láikè
guest
来年
láinián
next year
来往
láiwǎng
to come and go
来得
láide
to emerge (from a comparison)
来意
láiyì
one's purpose in coming
来文
láiwén
received document
来日
láirì
future days
来朝
láizhāo
(literary) tomorrow (morning)
来历
láilì
history
Example Sentences (10)
再来点儿米饭吧，你吃得太少了。
Zài lái diǎnr mǐfàn ba,nǐ chī de tài shǎo le.
Have a bit more rice, you've eaten too little.
Text 2
你来中国才一年，汉语就说得这么流利，真厉害！
Nǐ lái zhōngguó cái yìnián, hànyǔ jiù shuō de zhème liúlì, zhēn lìhài!
You've been in China for only a year, and you already speak Chinese so fluently. Really impressive!
Text 1
星期天同学聚会，你能来吗？
Xīngqī tiān tóngxué jùhuì, nǐ néng lái ma?
There's a class reunion on Sunday. Can you come?
Text 2
你妹妹怎么还没来？都八点四十了！
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sì shí le!
Why hasn't your younger sister come yet? It's already 8:40!
Text 3
有的孩子在得不到自己想要的东西的时候，会通过哭、扔东西或者故意敲打来引起父母的注意。
Yǒu de háizǐ zài dé bú dào zìjǐ xiǎng yào de dōngxī de shíhòu, huì tōngguò kū, rēng dōngxī huòzhě gùyì qiāodǎ lái yǐnqǐ fùmǔ de zhùyì.
Some children, when they can't get what they want, will cry, throw things, or deliberately bang on things to get their parents' attention.
Text 4
来中国快一年了，你适应这儿的生活了吗？
Lái Zhōngguó kuài yī nián le, nǐ shìyìng zhèr de shēnghuó le ma?
You've been in China for almost a year. Have you gotten used to life here?
Text 1
你知道小王今天什么时候来学校吗？
Nǐ zhīdào Xiǎo Wáng jīntiān shénme shíhou lái xuéxiào ma?
Do you know what time Xiao Wang will come to school today?
Text 1
你看人家王老师，刚来这儿工作三年就当了教授，还有个好妻子，真让人羡慕！
Nǐ kàn rénjiā Wáng lǎoshī, gāng lái zhèr gōngzuò sān nián jiù dāng le jiàoshòu, hái yǒu gè hǎo qīzǐ, zhēn ràng rén xiànmù!
Look at Teacher Wang: he came here to work only three years ago and already became a professor, and he even has a good wife. It really makes people envious!
Text 2
说说你为什么选择来我们公司工作。
Shuō shuo nǐ wèi shénme xuǎnzé lái wǒmen gōngsī gōngzuò.
Tell us why you chose to come to our company to work.
Text 3
老师，我来中国留学两年了，但是我的汉语水平提高得一点儿也不快啊。
Lǎoshī, wǒ lái Zhōngguó liúxué liǎng nián le, dànshì wǒ de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng tígāo de yìdiǎnr yě bù kuài a.
Teacher, I've been studying in China for two years, but my Chinese isn't improving fast at all.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 14
- Word Frequency Rank
- 15 of 84,292