来 (來) lái

1. lái verb to come
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: An intransitive verb indicating motion towards the speaker. For example, 你回来啦！ 'You have come back!' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176) 来 is used in this sense in both modern and literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 2). 来 is the 11th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '来' 1; Kroll 2015 '來' 2, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1).
2. lái particle indicates an approximate quantity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 助2)
3. lái verb please
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '来' 3)
4. lái verb used to substitute for another verb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '来' 5; Ho 2002, '来' 2)
5. lái verb used between two word groups to express purpose and effect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 4, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 9)
6. lái particle ever since
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense, 来 is used after a time expression (Kroll 2015 '來' 3a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 3). For example, 几十年来 'n the last few years.' (VOA, 2015-07-25) This sense is also used in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '來' 4).
7. lái noun wheat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 1, pp. 250-251)
8. lái adjective next; future
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 以来 (Kroll 2015 '來' 3, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 1). For example, 来日绮窗前 'In future days in front of the carved window ...' (Wang Wei, Lines in Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 118)
9. lái verb a simple complement of direction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 来 is used in this sense after a verb or verb phrase to indicate movement towards the speaker (NCCED '来' 5). For example, 一出来 'as soon as he came out ...' (Lao She, 2003, p. 260)
10. lái verb to occur; to arise
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '來' 2a, pp. 250-251; NCCED '来' 4)
11. lái verb to earn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '来' 11)

Contained in

• 得来速(得來速) drive-thru
• 来函(來函) incoming letter; letter from afar; same as 来信
• 往来帐户(往來帳戶) current account (in bank)
• 多年来(多年來) for the past many years
• 承不起来(承不起來) unable to sustain something
• 总的来说(總的來說) generally speaking
• 举例来说(舉例來說) for example
• 直来直往(直來直往) blunt; outspoken
• 突如其来(突如其來) to arise abruptly
• 时来运转(時來運轉) the time comes, fortune turns; to have a lucky break; things change for the better
• 几天来(幾天來) for the past few days
• 未来派(未來派) Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
• 停下来(停下來) to stop
• 上来(上來) to come up; to approach ; to start; to begin ; to pick up speed; to increase momentum
• 一路来(一路來) all the way; all along; since the start
• 来往(來往) to come and go ; contact
• 来硬的(來硬的) to get tough; to use force
• 未来主动分词(未來主動分詞) future active participle
• 听起来(聽起來) to sound like
• 古往今来(古往今來) since ancient times; since times immemorial
• 什么风把你吹来的(什麼風把你吹來的) What brings you here?
• 乍来(乍來) at first; first arrival
• 夜来香(夜來香) tuberose; Cestrum nocturnum
• 一般来说(一般來說) generally speaking
• 来势(來勢) momentum of something approaching
• 直来直去(直來直去) going directly (without detour); direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
• 严格来说(嚴格來說) strictly speaking
• 没来由(沒來由) without any reason; for no reason
• 一来(一來) on one hand ; one trip ; after arriving ; in one attempt; in a single movement
• 希伯来书(希伯來書) Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
• 近来(近來) recently; lately
• 手到擒来(手到擒來) stretch a hand and grab it; very easy
• 从实招来(從實招來) to own up to the facts
• 有史以来(有史以來) since the beginning of history
• 来复线(來復線) rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
• 蹦出来(蹦出來) to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly
• 翻过来(翻過來) to overturn; to turn upside down
• 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝(病來如山倒，病去如抽絲) sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk; expect to convalesce slowly
• 既来之，则安之(既來之，則安之) Since they have come, we should make them comfortable . Since we're here, take it easy.; Since this is so, we should accept it.; Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
• 来龙去脉(來龍去脈) the rise and fall of the terrain; the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
• 倾巢来犯(傾巢來犯) to turn out in force ready to attack
• 消息来源(消息來源) web feed; news feed; syndicated feed
• 自来水(自來水) tap water

Also contained in

马来 、 宝丽来 、 泰来 、 北卡罗来纳州 、 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 、 来凤 、 外来语 、 遐来勿

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• 卷七十　表第八:　屬國表 Volume 70 Tables 8: Vassal States History of Liao 遼史 — count: 277
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 187
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 135
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 111
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 105
• 卷一百十五　列傳第四十五: 二國外記 Volume 115 Biographies 45: Two Records of Foreign Countries History of Liao 遼史 — count: 105
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 104
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 102
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 98
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 96

Collocations

• 来思 (來思) 今我來思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧采薇 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Cai Wei — count: 9
• 尸来 (屍來) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
• 福禄来 (福祿來) 福祿來成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 5
• 燕来 (燕來) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 4
• 来燕 (來燕) 公尸來燕來寧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧鳧鷖 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Fu Yi — count: 4
• 长夜室来 (長夜室來) 淮夷來求 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧江漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Jiang Han — count: 3
• 来止 (來止) 曾孫來止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧甫田 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Fu Tian — count: 3
• 后来 (後來) 后來其蘇 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 2
• 皇来 (皇來) 於皇來牟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧臣工 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Chen Gong — count: 2
• 来求 (來求) 萬福來求 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧桑扈 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Sang Hu — count: 2