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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 从来
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 从来 | cóng lái | - always - at all times - never (if used in negative sentence) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 401 | 2,046 | 1,244 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 从 | cóng | - variant of 從|从[cong2] |
| 从 | cóng | - surname Cong |
| 从 | cóng | - from; through; via - (bound form) to follow - (bound form) to obey - (bound form) to engage in (an activity) - (used before a negative) ever - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate - (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 来 | lái | - to come - (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) - hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) - ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) - for the past (amount of time) - (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) - (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[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) |
Other Words Containing 从来
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