原来 (yuán lái) is a Chinese word meaning “original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out”.
Meanings
- 1original; former
- 2originally; formerly; at first
- 3so, actually, as it turns out
- Part of speech
- adjective, adverb
Characters in 原来
Related words
来to come起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state回来to return; to come back出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]下来to come down从来always原因cause看来apparently