来

lái

Radical木

Strokes7

HSK 1

Trad.來

Definitions

expr

part

hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5])
(prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4])
(between two verbs) in order to
(after a round number) approximately
(used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Examples

来往

láiwǎng

coming and going; contact; intercourse

来宾

láibīn

guest; visitor

来信

láixìn

incoming letter; letter received

Strokes: 7HSK 1Frequency #26Verified