来

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Example sentences

• 我来了！

  Wǒ lái le

  I'm coming!

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• 他来了。

  Tā lái le

  He came.

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• 又来了！

  Yòu lái le

  It started again!

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• 她来了！

  Tā lái le

  She's coming!

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Words containing 来

• 来lái 2to 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)
• 起来qǐ lai 3–5to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]
• 出来chū lái 1–2 to come out; to appear; to arise
• 回来huí lai 2–5to return; to come back
• 来到lái dào 2–4 to arrive; to come
• 进来jìn lái 4–2 to come in
• 来自lái zì 2–4 to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
• 带来dài lái 4–2 to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
• 过来guò lái 4–2 to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
• 原来yuán lái 2–2 original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
• 越来越yuè lái yuè 4–2–4more and more
• 后来hòu lái 4–2 afterwards; later; newly arrived