来 (來) lái
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verb
to come
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An intransitive verb indicating motion towards the speaker. For example, 你回来啦！ 'You have come back!' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176) 来 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 2). 来 is the 11th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '来' 1; NCCED '来' 1). -
particle
indicates an approximate quantity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '来' 助2) -
verb
please
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Social Interaction
Notes: (Ho 2002, '来' 3) -
verb
used to substitute for another verb
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 5; Ho 2002, '来' 2) -
verb
used between two word groups to express purpose and effect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (NCCED '来' 9) -
particle
ever since
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 来 is used after a time expression (NCCED '来' 3). For example, 几十年来 'n the last few years.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) This sense is also used in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 4). -
noun
wheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1) -
adjective
next / future
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 以来 (NCCED '来' 1; Kroll 2015 '來' 3). For example, 来日绮窗前 'In future days in front of the carved window ...' (Wang Wei, Lines in Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 118) -
verb
a simple complement of direction
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 来 is used in this sense after a verb or verb phrase to indicate movement towards the speaker (NCCED '来' 5). For example, 一出来 'as soon as he came out ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 260) -
verb
to occur / to arise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 4) -
verb
to earn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)
Contained in
- 翻来覆去(翻來覆去) to toss and turn / be restless / not able to sleep ; again and again ; many changes
- 傥来(儻來) accidentally ; by itself
- 比来(比來) lately / recently
- 扑面而来(撲面而來) sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / something assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching
- 想来(想來) it may be assumed that
- 来日(來日) future days ; the next day ; past days
- 后来居上(後來居上) late-comer lives above / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
- 来历(來歷) history / antecedents / origin
- 停下来(停下來) to stop
- 来潮(來潮) to rise / rising tide ; to get one's period
- 与生俱来(與生俱來) inherent / innate
- 登出来(登出來) to publish / to appear (in print)
- 风雨欲来(風雨欲來) storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead
- 空穴来风(空穴來風) wind to empty spaces winds fly
- 机会带来成功(機會帶來成功) Opportunity brings success.
- 来往(來往) to come and go ; contact
- 推来推去(推來推去) to make all kinds of excuses
- 招之即来(招之即來) to come as soon as called
- 长期以来(長期以來) ever since a long time ago
- 来势(來勢) momentum of something approaching
- 过来人(過來人) an experienced person / sb who has been around (the block) / sb who has personally experienced it
- 胡来(胡來) to mess with / to mess up
- 从来(從來) always / at all times / never (if used in a negative sentence)
- 马来鸻(馬來鴴) Malaysian plover (Charadrius peronii)
- 死去活来(死去活來) to hover between life and death / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life
- 来去无踪(來去無蹤) come without a shadow, leave without a footprint / to come and leave without a trace
- 又来了(又來了) here we go again
- 颠倒过来(顛倒過來) to invert
- 这样一来(這樣一來) thus / in this way
- 来回来去(來回來去) repeatedly / back and forth again
- 来不及(來不及) there is not enough time
- 未来业绩(未來業績) future yield (of investment)
- 两国相争，不斩来使(兩國相爭，不斬來使) when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys
- 即将来临(即將來臨) imminent
- 人来投主，鸟来投林(人來投主，鳥來投林) people come to help the host, birds come and settle in the forest
- 下不来台(下不來臺) to be put on the spot / to find oneself in an awkward situation
- 话又说回来(話又說回來) returning to our main topic,... / that said,... / again,... / in this connection / in passing / nevertheless,...
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- 卷七十 表第八: 屬國表 Volume 70 Tables 8: Vassal States History of Liao 遼史 — count: 276
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 187
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 135
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 111
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 105
- 卷一百十五 列傳第四十五: 二國外記 Volume 115 Biographies 45: Two Records of Foreign Countries History of Liao 遼史 — count: 105
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 105
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 102
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 98
- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 96
Collocations
- 来思 (來思) 今我來思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧采薇 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Cai Wei — count: 9
- 尸来 (屍來) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
- 福禄来 (福祿來) 福祿來成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
- 来燕 (來燕) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 4
- 燕来 (燕來) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 4
- 长夜室来 (長夜室來) 淮夷來求 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧江漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Jiang Han — count: 3
- 来止 (來止) 曾孫來止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧甫田 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Fu Tian — count: 3
- 伻来 (伻來) 伻來以圖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 3
- 皇来 (皇來) 於皇來牟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧臣工 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Chen Gong — count: 2
- 羊来 (羊來) 爾羊來思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧無羊 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Wu Yang — count: 2