lái

come, coming; return, returning

DEFINITIONS

來 lái
  • to come
  • to arrive
  • to come round
  • ever since
  • next

STROKES

來 stroke order diagram

WORDS

bǐ lái lately; recently
由 méi lái yóu without any reason; for no reason
古 bō lái gǔ Pleiku, Vietnam
tài lái Tailai county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
縣 tài lái xiàn Tailai county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
消息源 xiāo xi lái yuán web feed; news feed; syndicated feed
wū lái Wulai township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
鄉 wū lái xiāng Wulai township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
ěr lái recently; until now; up to the present; lately; also written 邇來|迩来
tè lái to come with a specific purpose in mind
獨往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom); a lone operator; keeping to oneself; unsociable; maverick
shēng lái from birth; by one's nature
yòng lái to be used for
yóu lái origin
如山倒,病去如抽絲 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
登出 dēng chū lái to publish; to appear (in print)
直去 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
直往 zhí lái zhí wǎng blunt; outspoken
眼去 méi lái yǎn qù lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go (idiom); to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb
kàn lai apparently; it seems that
看起 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
真金不怕火燒 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4]
yìng lái to use force
禮尚往 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness