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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)

来
lái
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
HSK 1 7 丶

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)
HSK 5
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
HSK 6

Example Sentences (10)

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
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
你怎么才来？
Nǐ zěnme cái lái?
Why are you only here now?
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.
Text 1
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
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
你们是怎么来饭店的？
Nǐmen shì zěnme lái fàndiàn de?
How did you get to the restaurant?
Text 2
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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
14
Word Frequency Rank
15 of 84,292