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HSK 5
HSK 6
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)
你怎么突然关心起体育来了？
Nǐ zěnme túrán guānxīn qǐ tǐyù lái le?
Why did you suddenly start caring about sports?
Text 2
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.
Text 1
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
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
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
我跟小丽下个月结婚，到时候欢迎你来。
Wǒ gēn Xiǎo Lì xià gè yuè jié hūn, dào shíhou huānyíng nǐ lái.
Xiaoli and I are getting married next month; you're welcome to come then.
Text 3
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
客人就要来了，你怎么还不打扫房间啊？
Kè rén jiù yào lái le, nǐ zěnme hái bù dǎsǎo fángjiān a?
The guests are about to arrive—why haven't you cleaned the room yet?
Text 1
老师，除了小云，其他人都来了。
Lǎoshī, chúle Xiǎoyún, qítā rén dōu lái le.
Teacher, except for Xiaoyun, everyone else has arrived.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 14
- Word Frequency Rank
- 15 of 84,292