来

Traditional

來

Part of speech

verb

Level

HSK 1

1. 1to come
2. 2(used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. 3hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5])
4. 4ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2])
5. 5for the past (amount of time)
6. 6(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4])
7. 7(between two verbs) in order to
8. 8(after a round number) approximately
9. 9(used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

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