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lái

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lái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lái | lai2
English translation
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

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About lái

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

lái

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A wheat plant that has just borne fruit; compare  lái

Etymology of lái

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木从

Explanation

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

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Words with lái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lái to come lái
起来 qǐlai also pr. [qǐ​lai]起來
出来 chū lái to come out出來
回来 huí lai to return回來
过来 guò lái to come over過來
下来 xià lai to come down下來
来自 láizì to come from (a place)來自
带来 dài lái to bring帶來
原来 yuánlái original原來
未来 wèilái future未來
以来 yǐlái since (a previous event)以來
看来 kàn lai apparently看來
越来越 yuè lái yuè more and more越來越
从来 cónglái always從來
来到 lái dào to come來到
后来 hòulái later後來
本来 běnlái original本來
进来 jìn lái to come in進來
来源 láiyuán origin來源
近年来 jìn nián lái for the past few years近年來
将来 jiānglái future將來
上来 shàng lái to come up上來
到来 dào lái to arrive到來
看起来 kàn qǐ lai seemingly看起來

lái Decomposition & Compounds

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