来 (來) lái
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lái
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; Kroll 2015 '來' 2, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1). -
lái
particle
indicates an approximate quantity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '来' 助2) -
lái
verb
please
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Ho 2002, '来' 3) -
lái
verb
used to substitute for another verb
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 5; Ho 2002, '来' 2) -
lái
verb
used between two word groups to express purpose and effect
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 4, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 9) -
lái
particle
ever since
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 来 is used after a time expression (Kroll 2015 '來' 3a, pp. 250-251; 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). -
lái
noun
wheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1, pp. 250-251) -
lái
adjective
next; future
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 以来 (Kroll 2015 '來' 3, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1). 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) -
lái
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) -
lái
verb
to occur; to arise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 2a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 4) -
lái
verb
to earn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)
Contained in
- 向来(向來) always; all along ; afterwards ; just now
- 倾巢来犯(傾巢來犯) to turn out in force ready to attack
- 来福线(來福線) rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
- 站进来(站進來) come inside and stand
- 来临(來臨) to arrive
- 希伯来语(希伯來語) Hebrew language
- 来华(來華) to come to China
- 外来成语(外來成語) loan idiom
- 飞来横祸(飛來橫禍) sudden and unexpected disaster
- 如来(如來) Tathagata
- 来由(來由) origin ; reason; cause
- 说不出话来(說不出話來) speechless
- 与生俱来(與生俱來) inherent; innate
- 吃不来(吃不來) to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food
- 重来(重來) to start over; to do something all over again
- 外来货(外來貨) imported product
- 少年夫妻老来伴(少年夫妻老來伴) husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
- 近年来(近年來) for the past few years
- 否极泰来(否極泰來) extreme sorrow turns to joy
- 卷土重来(卷土重來) to return in a swirl of dust; to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback
- 乍来(乍來) at first; first arrival
- 来路(來路) incoming road; origin; past history
- 好起来(好起來) to get better; to improve; to get well
- 接下来(接下來) to accept; to take; next; following
- 从来(從來) always; at all times; never (if used in a negative sentence)
- 蹦出来(蹦出來) to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly
- 挤来挤去(擠來擠去) to mill about; to jostle
- 愈来愈(愈來愈) more and more
- 跑来跑去(跑來跑去) to scamper; to run around
- 爱得死去活来(愛得死去活來) to be madly in love
- 来历不明(來歷不明) of unknown origin
- 兵来将挡,水来土掩(兵來將擋,水來土掩) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir; different situations call for different action
- 一般说来(一般說來) generally speaking; in general
- 由来(由來) origin
- 来宾(來賓) guest; visitor
- 承不起来(承不起來) unable to sustain something
- 天外来客(天外來客) visitors from outer space
- 少来(少來) refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!
- 反过来(反過來) conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- 来之不易(來之不易) not easy to obtain; hard won
- 尔来(爾來) recently; until now; up to the present; lately
- 来朝(來朝) tomorrow (morning) ; to visit the imperial court
- 放马过来(放馬過來) bring it on!; give me all you got!
- 前无古人后无来者(前無古人後無來者) to surpass all others of its kind before and since; to have neither predecessors nor successors
- 沈下脸来(沈下臉來) a sinking facial expression
- 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
- 来福枪(來福槍) rifle
- 全世界无产者联合起来(全世界無產者聯合起來) Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch! / Workers of the world, unite!
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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
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — 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
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 103
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 101
- 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
- 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
- 方来 (方來) 徐方來庭 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧常武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Chang Wu — count: 2
- 王来 (王來) 我王來 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 2