来 (來) lái

1. 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).
2. lái particle indicates an approximate quantity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 助2)
3. lái verb please
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '来' 3)
4. lái verb used to substitute for another verb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 5; Ho 2002, '来' 2)
5. 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)
6. 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).
7. lái noun wheat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1, pp. 250-251)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. lái verb to occur; to arise
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 2a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 4)
11. lái verb to earn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)

Contained in

• 来日(來日) future days ; the next day ; past days
• 来临(來臨) to arrive
• 多年来(多年來) for the past many years
• 全世界人民团结起来(全世界人民團結起來) people of the world unite
• 来历不明(來歷不明) of unknown origin
• 问所从来(問所從來) asked where he had come from
• 从来没有(從來沒有) have never; never before
• 来神(來神) to become spirited
• 来鸿(來鴻) incoming letter
• 拼起来(拼起來) to put together
• 风雨欲来(風雨欲來) storm clouds approach; troubles lie ahead
• 传来(傳來) (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
• 金钱不能买来幸福(金錢不能買來幸福) money can't buy happiness
• _来说_(_來說_) as far as ... is concerned
• 绕来绕去(繞來繞去) meandering and circuitous; to go around in circles and never get anywhere
• 希伯来(希伯來) Hebrew; Jewish
• 原来(原來) originally; formerly ; as it turns out
• 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
• 从实招来(從實招來) to own up to the facts
• 由来(由來) origin
• 马来西亚人(馬來西亞人) Malaysian person or people
• 一般来说(一般來說) generally speaking
• 来头(來頭) cause; reason; interest; influence
• 这样一来(這樣一來) thus; in this way
• 来历(來歷) history; antecedents; origin
• 素来(素來) usually; consistently
• 与生俱来(與生俱來) inherent; innate
• 马来西亚令吉(馬來西亞令吉) ringgit
• 死去活来(死去活來) to hover between life and death; to suffer terribly; within an inch of one's life
• 夜来香(夜來香) tuberose; Cestrum nocturnum
• 出来(出來) to come out; to emerge
• 招之即来(招之即來) to come as soon as called
• 来得(來得) to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
• 姗姗来迟(姍姍來遲) to be late; to arrive slowly; to be slow in the coming
• 用来(用來) to be used for ; since
• 大限到来(大限到來) to die; one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
• 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫(踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫) to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
• 礼尚往来(禮尚往來) proper behavior is based on reciprocity; to return politeness for politeness
• 推来推去(推來推去) to make all kinds of excuses
• 远方来鸿(遠方來鴻) letter from afar
• 一直以来(一直以來) in the past always; for a long time now; until now
• 来源批判学(來源批判學) source criticism
• 番来覆去(番來覆去) to toss and turn; be restless; not able to sleep

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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
• 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
• 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
• 伻来 (伻來) 伻來以圖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — 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
• 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
• 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
• 牧来 (牧來) 爾牧來思 — 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