来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来
lái
to come
Character
Example phrases
- 她明天来我家。 Tā míngtiān lái wǒ jiā. She's coming to my place tomorrow.
- 请来我家玩儿。 Qǐng lái wǒ jiā wánr. Come over to my place.
- 他们来中国了。 Tāmen lái Zhōngguó le. They've come to China.
- 你晚上来吗？ Nǐ wǎnshang lái ma? Are you coming this evening?
- 老师从学校来。 Lǎoshī cóng xuéxiào lái. The teacher is coming from school.
- 请你明天来。 Qǐng nǐ míngtiān lái. Please come tomorrow.
- 妈妈不来吃饭。 Māma bù lái chīfàn. Mom isn't coming to eat.
- 小王，你来不来？ Xiǎo Wáng, nǐ lái bu lái? Xiao Wang, are you coming or not?
- 你们都来吧。 Nǐmen dōu lái ba. Come, everyone.
- 她从北京来。 Tā cóng Běijīng lái. She comes from Beijing.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally
- 越来越 yuèláiyuè more and more