进来
jìn lái
Pinyin

Definition

进来
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jìn lái
  1. to come in

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
lái
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come round
  4. 4 ever since
  5. 5 next
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
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
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
cóng lái
  1. 1 always
  2. 2 at all times
  3. 3 never (if used in negative sentence)
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
yǐ lái
  1. 1 since (a previous event)
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
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
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
lái yuán
  1. 1 source (of information etc)
  2. 2 origin
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
lái xí
  1. 1 to invade
  2. 2 (of a storm etc) to strike
  3. 3 to hit
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)

Idioms (20)

不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
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)
前门拒虎,后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我以为这家店早就关门了,今天路过,发现居然开着,就进来转转。
wǒ yǐwéi zhè jiā diàn zǎojiù guānmén le ,jīntiān lùguò ,fāxiàn jūrán kāi zhe ,jiù jìnlái zhuànzhuan 。
I thought that this store has been closed for a long time. I passed by today and found it’s still open for business and came in to browse.
过铁道时,他先将橘子散放在地上,自己慢慢爬下,再抱起橘子走。到这边时,我赶紧去搀他。他和我走到车上,将橘子一股脑儿放在我的皮大衣上。于是扑扑衣上的泥土,心里很轻松似的,过一会说,“我走了;到那边来信!”我望着他走出去。他走了几步,回过头看见我,说,“进去吧,里边没人。”等他的背影混入来来往往的人里,再找不着了,我便进来坐下,我的眼泪又来了。
guò tiě dào shí ,tā xiān jiāng júzi sànfàng fàng zài dìshang ,zìjǐ mànmàn pá xià ,zài bào qǐ júzi zǒu 。dào zhèbiān shí ,wǒ gǎnjǐn qù chān tā 。tā hé wǒ zǒu dào chēshang ,jiāng júzi yīgǔnǎor fàng zài wǒ de pídàyī shàng 。yúshì pūpū yī shàng de nítǔ ,xīnli hěn qīngsōng shìde ,guò yīhuì shuō ,“wǒ zǒu le ;dào nàbiān lái xìn !”wǒ wàng zhe tā zǒu chūqù 。tā zǒu le jǐ bù ,huí guò tóu kànjiàn wǒ ,shuō ,“jìnqù ba ,lǐbiān méi rén 。”děng tā de bèiyǐng húnrù láiláiwǎngwǎng de rén lǐ ,zài zhǎo bù zháo le ,wǒ biàn jìnlai zuòxia ,wǒ de yǎnlèi yòu lái le 。
As he was crossing the tracks, he first placed the tangerines on the platform. He then slowly lowered himself to the tracks and picked the tangerines back up to walk over. When he got to my side of the track, I rushed to help him. As he and I got back onto the train, he placed all the tangerines on my fur coat. He patted the dirt off his jacket, and looked very satisfied. After a moment, he said to me: ”I am leaving now. Remember to write to me! ”. I looked over as he walked out. After just a few steps, he looked back at me and said "Go back in, your things are unattended". Once he disappeared into the bustling crowd and I could find him no more, I came in and sat down. My tears came again.
上来、上去、下来、下去、进来、进去、出来、出去
shànglái 、shàngqu 、xiàlai 、xiàqu 、jìnlai 、jìnqù 、chūlái 、chūqù
to go up, to go down, to come down, to come up, to come in, to go in, to come out, to go out
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进来!
jìnlai !
Come in!
Go to Lesson 
进来、进去
jìnlai 、jìnqù
to come in, to go in
Go to Lesson 
我也进来咯!
wǒ yě jìnlai lo !
I'm also coming in!
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我进来房间里了,没看到你。
wǒ jìnlai fángjiān lǐ le ,méi kàndào nǐ 。
I came into the room, but I don't see you.
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突然进来)
tūrán jìnlai )
(C suddenly enters)
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我才刚进来,你等一下嘛。
wǒ cái gāng jìnlái ,nǐ děng yīxià ma 。
I just got in here, wait a minute.
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欸!我们系今年进来一个学妹,很漂亮,你听说了吗?
èi !wǒmen xì jīnnián jìnlai yí ge xuémèi ,hěn piàoliang ,nǐ tīngshuō le ma ?
Ah, one of the freshman in our department this year is very pretty. Did you hear?