来 lái — to come; to arrive; to come over; to approach; to move here
来
Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #707
Traditional:
來
lái lai2
Basic definition
verb
Detailed explanation
noun
- (象形。甲骨文字形。象麦子形。本义:麦。小麦叫“麦”,大麦叫“麰”(或写作“牟”))
- wheat e.g 来牟
- future;next;incoming e.g 来代 · 来辰 · 来兹 · 来哲 · 来轸
- 姓
verb
- come;arrive e.g 来寇 · 来至 · 来突
- make a round trip;go to a place and come back e.g 来家 · 来三去四 · 来还 · 来宁 · 来归 · 来舍
- come over and pledge allegiane e.g 来服
- incur;give rise e.g 来致
- join e.g 你来不来
- let's do e.g 来五斤 · 来两盘
- crop up e.g 问题一来就马上解决
- happen;begin;start e.g 来路来历 来情 · 来情去意 · 来方 · 来龙
- derive e.g 来方 · 来煞
- do e.g 来不得
- 用在动词结构(或介词结构)与动词(或动词结构)之间表示前者是方法、方向或态度,是目的。如:你能用什么办法来帮助他呀?
- 用在动词后,表示估计或着眼于某一方面。如:看来容易;说来话长
- 用在另一动词前,表示要做某件事。如:我来画;大家都来唱歌
- in;at e.g 来里 · 来哚 · 来浪
- 表示动作的趋向
- bestow;grant
- bestow;grant
- appreciate sb.'s services and present gifts
pronoun
- your
- this
particle
- 无义,译作“了”,“吧”,或不译
- about e.g 两米来高
- around e.g 二十来个
- over the past e.g 来日 两千年来 · 来日大难
- ever since e.g 来古 · 来来 · 来缘 · 别来无恙乎
- 用在数词后,表示列举的原因或理由。如:这些天没去看她,一来路太远;二来没功夫
- 用于句尾,相当于“咧”
Related words
- 起来 to rise; to get up; to stand up; to begin; to start; to arise
- 下来 to come down
- 以来 since; ever since
- 来到 to arrive; to come
- 原来 originally; formerly; as it turns out; actually
- 后来 afterwards; later; subsequently
- 越来越 more and more; increasingly; progressively; the more so
- 回来 to come back
- 来自 to come from (a place)/From: (in email header)
- 未来 future; coming; next
- 过来 to come over; to come here
- 看来 it seems; it appears; apparently
- 上来 to come up/to approach/(verb complement indicating success)
- 本来 originally; at first; as a matter of fact
- 将来 future; in the future
- 从来 always; at all times; from the beginning (used with negation)
- 前来 to come (formal)
- 进来 to come in; to enter
- 出来 to come out; to emerge
- 来信 an incoming letter; to write (to me)