lái

come, coming; return, returning

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

wū lái Wulai township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
乡 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
如山倒,病去如抽丝 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
真金不怕火烧 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
空穴风未必无因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
站起 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up
算起 suàn qǐ lái to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; (fig.) if you think about it
绕去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
翻过 fān guò lái to overturn; to turn upside down
俏 lǎo lái qiào old person who dresses up as teenager; mutton dressed as lamb
少 lǎo lái shào old but young at heart
tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere
听起 tīng qi lai to sound like
zì lái from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord
水管 zì lái shuǐ guǎn water mains; service pipe; tap-water pipe
与生俱 yǔ shēng jù lái inherent; innate
旧的不去,新的不 jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.; You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
薄熙 bó xī lái Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct