过来

Character by character

• 过guò7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 過pass, pass through, go across
• 来lái7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 來come, coming; return, returning

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Example sentences

• 别过来！

  Bié guò lai

  Don't come here!

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 过来. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 来láiHSK 1

  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)

• 过guòHSK 1

  to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

• 起来qǐ laiHSK 1

  to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 出来chū láiHSK 1

  to come out; to appear; to arise

• 通过tōng guòHSK 2

  to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 回来huí laiHSK 1

  to return; to come back

• 下来xià laiHSK 3

  to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

• 来自lái zìHSK 2

  to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

• 带来dài láiHSK 2

  to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce

• 未来wèi láiHSK 4

  future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending

• 看来kàn laiHSK 4

  apparently; it seems that

• 原来yuán láiHSK 2

  original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out

• 经过jīng guòHSK 2

  to pass; to go through; process; course

• 来到lái dàoHSK 1

  to arrive; to come

• 越来越yuè lái yuèHSK 2

  more and more

• 过程guò chéngHSK 3

  course of events; process

• 超过chāo guòHSK 2

  to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip

• 后来hòu láiHSK 2

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 本来běn láiHSK 3

  original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course

• 以来yǐ láiHSK 3

  since (a previous event)

• 从来cóng láiHSK 3

  always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)

• 错过cuò guòHSK 6

  to miss (train, opportunity etc)