從
cóng
from, by, since, whence, through
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Simplified form: 从
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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 从, the simplified form of 從. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
从那儿下来！
Cóng nà r xià lai
Get down from there.
Shadow那从不会发生。
Nà cóng bù huì fā shēng
That won't ever happen.
Shadow从哪里而来？
Cóng nǎ lǐ ér lái
Where did it come from?
Shadow它从哪里来？
Tā cóng nǎ lǐ lái
Where did it come from?
Shadow
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Words containing 从
- 从cóng 2from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 从小cóng xiǎo 2–3 from childhood; from a young age
- 从来cóng lái 2–2 always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 自从zì cóng 4–2 since (a time); ever since
- 从事cóng shì 2–4 to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 从前cóng qián 2–2 previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 从此cóng cǐ 2–3 from now on; since then; henceforth
- 从而cóng ér 2–2 thus; thereby
- 从中cóng zhōng 2–1 from within; therefrom
- 服从fú cóng 2–2 to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
- 从没cóng méi 2–2 never (in the past); never did
- 从不cóng bù 2–4 never