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; Kroll 2015 '來' 2, pp. 250-251; 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
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: (Kroll 2015 '來' 4, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 9) -
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). -
noun
wheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1, pp. 250-251) -
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) -
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: (Kroll 2015 '來' 2a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 4) -
verb
to earn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)
Contained in
- 来源于(來源於) to originate in
- 未来式(未來式) future tense
- 话又说回来(話又說回來) returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...
- 苦尽甘来(苦盡甘來) bitterness finishes, sweetness begins
- 未来主义(未來主義) Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
- 哭得死去活来(哭得死去活來) to cry one's heart out
- 马来半岛(馬來半島) Malay Peninsula ; Malay Peninsula
- 由来(由來) origin
- 停下来(停下來) to stop
- 合得来(合得來) to get along well; compatible
- 邻曲时时来(鄰曲時時來) often the neighbours come
- 马来亚(馬來亞) Malaya
- 看起来(看起來) seemingly; apparently
- 倾巢来犯(傾巢來犯) to turn out in force ready to attack
- 既来之，则安之(既來之，則安之) Since they have come, we should make them comfortable . Since we're here, take it easy.; Since this is so, we should accept it.; Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
- 下不来(下不來) awkward; embarrassed; cannot be accomplished
- 来年(來年) next year
- 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
- 拼起来(拼起來) to put together
- 悲从中来(悲從中來) sorrow from personal problems
- 到头来(到頭來) in the end; finally; as a result
- 从实招来(從實招來) to own up to the facts
- 来电答铃(來電答鈴) ringback tone (heard by the originator of a telephone call)
- 慢慢来(慢慢來) take your time; take it easy
- 几天来(幾天來) for the past few days
- 来客(來客) guest
- 日来(日來) in the past few days; lately
- 来复枪(來復槍) rifle
- 翻来覆去(翻來覆去) to toss and turn; be restless; not able to sleep ; again and again ; many changes
- 又来了(又來了) here we go again
- 来到(來到) to come; to arrive
- 呼之即来，挥之即去(呼之即來，揮之即去) to come when called; ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
- 鉴往知来(鑒往知來) to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs)
- 下来(下來) to come down; to descend ; to mix amongst the common people ; to be harvested ; to finish ; indicates gradual reduction ; underside
- 人来疯(人來瘋) to get hyped up in front of an audience; (of children) to play up in front of guests
- 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
- 傥来(儻來) accidentally ; by itself
- 一路来(一路來) all the way; all along; since the start
- 来宾市(來賓市) Laibin city
- 划得来(划得來) worth it; it pays to
- 寄来(寄來) to receive in the mail
- 马来文(馬來文) Malaysian language
Also contained in
阿閦如来 、 如来八相 、 泰来 、 未来记 、 如来禅 、 金刚界五智如来 、 一往一来 、 泰来县 、 薄熙来
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Truncated for common words
- 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
- 《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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 淮夷来 (淮夷來) 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
- 伻来 (伻來) 伻來以圖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 3
- 后来 (後來) 后來其蘇 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — 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