来
lái
Pinyin

Definition

来
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lái
  1. to come
  2. to arrive
  3. to come round
  4. ever since
  5. next

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来
lái
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come round
  4. 4 ever since
  5. 5 next
来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
原来
yuán lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 originally
  4. 4 formerly
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 so, actually, as it turns out
回来
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
未来
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
越来越
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
下来
xià lai
  1. 1 to come down
  2. 2 (completed action marker)
  3. 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. 5 to be harvested (of crops)
  6. 6 to be over (of a period of time)
  7. 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
以来
yǐ lái
  1. 1 since (a previous event)
来到
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
来回
lái huí
  1. 1 to make a round trip
  2. 2 return journey
  3. 3 back and forth
  4. 4 to and fro
  5. 5 repeatedly
来年
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
来源
lái yuán
  1. 1 source (of information etc)
  2. 2 origin
来临
lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
来袭
lái xí
  1. 1 to invade
  2. 2 (of a storm etc) to strike
  3. 3 to hit
来电
lái diàn
  1. 1 incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. 2 your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. 3 to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. 4 to have instant attraction to sb
  5. 5 to have chemistry with sb
  6. 6 to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
传来
chuán lái
  1. 1 (of a sound) to come through
  2. 2 to be heard
  3. 3 (of news) to arrive
到来
dào lái
  1. 1 to arrive
  2. 2 arrival
  3. 3 advent

Idioms (20)

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
  1. 1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
来无影，去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来者不善，善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
  1. 1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
  2. 2 all comers welcome
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ
  1. 1 loan idiom

Sample Sentences

请跟我来。这里就是我们的生产车间。
qǐng gēn wǒ lái 。zhèlǐ jiùshì wǒmen de shēngchǎnchējiān 。
Please follow me. Here is our production area.
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欢迎您来敝公司参观。展示柜里有这季的最新款式。
huānyíng nín lái bìgōngsī cānguān 。zhǎnshìguì lǐ yǒu zhè jì de zuìxīn kuǎnshì 。
Welcome to our company. There are the latest models of the season in the display cabinet.
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听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nu:3xu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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你行的，振作起来，不要放弃！
nǐ xíng de ，zhènzuò qǐlai ，bùyào fàngqì ！
You can do it. Cheer up! Don’t give up!
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他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？”
tā xiǎo de shíhou ，tā mā jiào tā qù mǎi hóngtáng ，tā mǎi le báitáng huílai 。tā mā mà tā ，tā yáo yáotóu shuō ：“hóngtáng báitáng búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
When he was a child, his mother sent him out to buy some brown sugar. He came back with white sugar. His mother scolded him – but the young Mr. Chabuduo simply shook his head and said, “Brown sugar and white sugar! Are they not the same?”
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后来他在一个钱铺里做伙计；他也会写，也会算，只是总不会精细。
hòulái tā zài yīgē qiánpù lǐ zuò huǒji ；tā yě huì xiě ，yě huì suàn ，zhǐshì zǒng bùhuì jīngxì 。
Afterwards, he worked in a bank. Although he is capable of both writing and doing math – he was never careful.
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第一次来吗？
dìyīcì lái ma ？
Are you here for the first time?
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王总，为了我们未来的合作，我敬您一杯！
Wáng zǒng ，wèile wǒmen wèilái de hézuò ，wǒ jìng nín yī bēi ！
Mr. Wang, to honor our collaboration in the future.
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来来来，喝啊，干杯！
láiláilái ，hē a ，gānbēi ！
Come on, let’s drink! Bottoms up!
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