本来
běnlái
originally; at first
Characters in this word
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
- 我本来想去。 Wǒ běn lái xiǎng qù. I originally wanted to go.
- 他本来很忙。 Tā běn lái hěn máng. He was originally very busy.
- 本来不下雨。 Běn lái bù xià yǔ. It was not raining at first.