lái

come, coming; return, returning

HSK 1 #15

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

来 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

kàn lai apparently; it seems that
jìn lái to come in
dài lái to bring; to bring about; to produce
到 lái dào to come; to arrive
越 yuè lái yuè more and more
xǐng lái to waken
接下 jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following
dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent
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
慢慢 màn màn lái take your time; take it easy
着 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
yòng lái to be used for
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
gǎn lái to rush over
临 lái lín to approach; to come closer
有史以 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history
电 lái diàn incoming telegram or telephone call; your telegram, telephone call, or message; to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker); to have instant attraction to sb; to have chemistry with sb; to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
信 lái xìn incoming letter; send a letter here
讲 lái jiǎng as to; considering; for
话长 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
qián lái to come (formal); before; previously
shēng lái from birth; by one's nature
chuán lái (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
回 lái huí to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly
往 lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with