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过来

guòlái

to come over

A person walking toward a friend
Memory picture

Characters in this word

过 guò

Strokes
6
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 寸 inch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

Example phrases

  • 你快过来。 Nǐ kuài guòlái. Come over quickly.
  • 他走过来了。 Tā zǒu guòlái le. He walked over.
  • 请你过来坐。 Qǐng nǐ guòlái zuò. Please come over and sit down.

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