来
Details
- Definition: to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来), ever since (as in 自古以来), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
- HSK Level: 1
- Frequency Rank: 31
- Alternate Forms: 来, 來
- Notes: POS: v, f, m, u, y
Variants
來
- Pinyin: lái
- English Definitions: to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来), ever since (as in 自古以来), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
- Notes: Classifiers:
Other transcriptions: numeric: lai2, wadegiles: lai², bopomofo: ㄌㄞˊ, romatzyh: lai