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自从

zìcóng

since (from a time)

HSK 3 · Topic “Patterns and conditions”
A person leaving a starting stone
Memory picture

Characters in this word

自 zì

Strokes
6
Radical
自 — self
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

从 cóng

Strokes
4
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 自从你来了。 Zì cóng nǐ lái le. Since you came.
  • 自从那天起。 Zì cóng nà tiān qǐ. Since that day.
  • 自从毕业后。 Zì cóng bì yè hòu. Since graduation.

Related words

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