來
lái
come, coming; return, returning
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 人
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 2
Simplified form: 来
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 来, the simplified form of 來. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
我来了！
Wǒ lái le
I'm coming!
Shadow他来了。
Tā lái le
He came.
Shadow又来了！
Yòu lái le
It started again!
Shadow她来了！
Tā lái le
She's coming!
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 来
- 来lái 2to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
- 起来qǐ lai 3–5to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]
- 出来chū lái 1–2 to come out; to appear; to arise
- 回来huí lai 2–5to return; to come back
- 来到lái dào 2–4 to arrive; to come
- 进来jìn lái 4–2 to come in
- 来自lái zì 2–4 to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 带来dài lái 4–2 to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 过来guò lái 4–2 to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- 原来yuán lái 2–2 original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 越来越yuè lái yuè 4–2–4more and more
- 后来hòu lái 4–2 afterwards; later; newly arrived