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
来访
láifǎng
to come to visit; visiting
Characters in this word
访 fǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 方 square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 外交部确认代表团将于下周来访，但没有透露具体行程。 Wàijiāobù quèrèn dàibiǎotuán jiāng yú xià zhōu láifǎng, dàn méiyǒu tòulù jùtǐ xíngchéng. The foreign ministry confirmed that the delegation would visit next week, but did not disclose the detailed itinerary.
- 昨天有一位老朋友来访，我们聊了很久。 Zuótiān yǒu yí wèi lǎo péngyou láifǎng, wǒmen liáo le hěn jiǔ. An old friend came to visit yesterday, and we talked for a long time.
- 来访的客人请先在前台登记。 Láifǎng de kèrén qǐng xiān zài qiántái dēngjì. Visitors, please register at the front desk first.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 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