lái

come, coming; return, returning

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

姗姗迟 shān shān lái chí to be late; to arrive slowly; to be slow in the coming
迎面而 yíng miàn ér lái directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
慕名而 mù míng ér lái to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
扑面而 pū miàn ér lái lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
势 lái shì momentum of sth approaching
复线 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
华 lái huá to come to China
划不 huá bu lái not worth it
划得 huá de lái worth it; it pays to
宝丽 bǎo lì lái Polaroid
èr lái secondly, ...
词 wài lái cí loanword
shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!
派 wèi lái pài Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
继往开 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods; foreign goods
倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms
二去 yī lái èr qù gradually; little by little; in the course of time
不得 lái bu dé cannot allow (to be present); cannot admit
安 lái ān Lai'an county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui
文 lái wén received document; sent document
犯 lái fàn to invade one's territory
凤 lái fèng Laifeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
香 yè lái xiāng tuberose; Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木
huì lái Huilai county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong