lái

to come; to arrive; next

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 15th character
Radical ⽊ (75.3)
Strokes 7
Index # 707
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 来

Word Meaning
for the past few days
for the past several years
current account (in bank)
drive-thru (loanword)
have never; has never
have never; never before
to own up to the facts
to have more work than one can deal with
Huilai county in Jieyang jiē yáng, Guangdong
to recall; to remember
to be madly in love
Huailai County in Hebei, China
Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei
fig. easy to do; lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom)
stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
to make a round trip; a return journey
fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
to put together
to get; to bring; to fetch
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
to bring sth to sb (news etc)
(idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
to repeatedly exchange
to jostle; to mill about
bring it on!; give me all you got!