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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)
到来
dàolái
to arrive
如来
rúlái
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
传来
chuánlái
(of a sound) to come through
出来
chulai
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
向来
xiànglái
always (previously)
外来
wàilái
external
来着
láizhe
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
来鸿
láihóng
incoming letter (literary)
元来
yuánlái
variant of [[原來|原来<yuánlái>]]
出来
chūlái
to come out
来宾
láibīn
guest
古来
gǔlái
since ancient times
来宾
Láibīn
Laibin prefecture level city in Guangxi
回来
huílai
to return
二来
èrlái
in the second place
一来
yīlái
on one hand,...
来项
láixiang
income
来凤
Láifèng
Laifeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture [[恩施土家族苗族自治州<ĒnshīTǔjiāzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Hubei
来华
láihuá
to come to China
来M
láiM
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
Example Sentences (10)
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
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
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，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
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
你妹妹怎么还没来？都八点四十了！
Nǐ mèimei zěnme hái méi lái? Dōu bā diǎn sìshí le!
Why hasn’t your younger sister come yet? It’s already 8:40!
Text 3
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，除了小云，其他人都来了。
Lǎoshī, chúle Xiǎo Yún, 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