原来 yuánlái

HSK level

Traditional form

原來

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

原 yuán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Depicts a spring (泉 quán ) originating (原 yuán ) from a cliff (厂 hǎn ).

Phonetic compound

泉 quán

Semantic compound

厂 hǎn

Positional decomposition

⿸厂泉

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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新 Xīn 刷 shuā 的 de 漆 qī 颜色 yánsè 较浅, 使 shǐ 原来 yuánlái 的漆显露 xiǎn lù 出来 chū lái .

The new color is lighter, and the old paint shows through.

你 nǐ 的 de 所谓 suǒ wèi 杰作 jié zuò 原来 yuánlái 如此 rú cǐ 呀 ya !

So this is your good works!

“ 啊 ā , ” 他 tā 说 shuì , “ 原来 yuánlái 是 shì 吉姆-霍金斯 Huò jīn sī , 好 hǎo 哇 wā !

'So,' said he,'here's Jim Hawkins, shiver my timbers!

要 yāo 我 wǒ 把 bǎ 它 tā 放 fàng 回 huí 原来 yuánlái 的 de 地方 dìfāng .

I was asked to put it back to its place.

原来 yuánlái 说好 shuō hǎo 了 le 的 de ,我 wǒ 应该 yīnggāi 明天 míngtiān 早上 zǎoshang 十点钟 Zhōng 见 jiàn 布朗 Bù lǎng 和 hé 摩里逊给 gěi 他们 tā men 看 kān 这 zhè 批 pī 货 huò .

I'm supposed to see Brown and Morrison tomorrow morning at ten o'clock to show the line.

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 原来 yuánlái and their own compounds.

原 yuán

白 Bái

日 Rì , 丶 diǎn

小 xiǎo , 厂 hǎn

来 lái

米 Mǐ

木 Mù , 丷 ha

一 yī

See all 24 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 原来 yuánlái in their composition.

原 yuán

愿 yuàn , 源 yuán , 螈 yuán , 塬 yuán , 嫄 yuán , 羱 yuán , 騵, 傆, 厵, 榞, 獂, 縓, 蒝, 謜, 豲

来 lái

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

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