向来 xiànglái

HSK level

Traditional form

向來

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

向 Xiàng

Explanation

Depicts a mouth (口 kǒu ) in a closed space (宀 gài ) making an echo sound. Based on the original meaning "echo; sound", now written as 響 xiǎng . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿵？口 kǒu

Number of Strokes

来 lái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 來 lái . Pictograph of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as 麥 mài .

Positional decomposition

⿻未丷

Number of Strokes

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冬天 dōng tiān 时 shí ,我 wǒ 家乡 jiāxiāng 的 de 气温 qì wēn 向 Xiàng 来 lái 都 dōu 在 zài 零度 líng dù 以下 yǐ xià .

In my hometown temperatures in winter never rise above zero.

秋 Qiū 月 yuè 向来 xiànglái 受到 shòudào 诗人 shī rén 和 hé 热爱 rèài 大自然 dà zì rán 的 de 人们 rén men 的 de 宠爱 chǒng aì .

The autumn moon has always been a favourite with poets and lovers of nature.

那 Nā 条 tiáo 狗 gǒu 突然 tūrán 向 Xiàng 来客 lái kè 扑 pū 去 qù ,并 bìng 咬 yǎo 了 le 他 tā 一口 yī kǒu .

The dog ran at the visitor and bit him.

我 wǒ 向来 xiànglái 觉得 juéde 永生 yǒng shēng 的 de 想法 xiǎng fǎ 很 hěn 可怕 kěpà 。

I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.

历史 lìshǐ 和 hé 轶闻 yì wén 的 de 分界向来 xiànglái 是 shì 模糊 móhu 而 ér 混乱 hùnluàn 的。

The boundaries between history and storytelling are always being blurred and muddled.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 向来 xiànglái and their own compounds.

向 Xiàng

冋 jiōng

囗 wéi , 冂 jiōng

丶 diǎn

来 lái

米 Mǐ

木 Mù , 丷 ha

一 yī

See all 22 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 向来 xiànglái in their composition.

向 Xiàng

响 xiǎng , 饷 xiǎng , 晌 shǎng , 垧 shǎng , 晑 xiǎng , 嚮 xiàng , 姠, 恦, 扄, 珦, 逈, 銄, 餉 xiǎng

来 lái

莱 lái , 睐 lài , 徕 lái , 梾 lái , 铼 lái , 崃 lái , 涞 lái , 赉 lài , 俫

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