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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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])

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
1 1 27 36 30

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 27 36 30
起来 4 1 117 229 181
回来 - 1 186 776 339
出来 - 1 198 313 248
过来 - 2 240 1,147 944
下来 - 3 284 975 1,190
从来 4 3 401 2,046 1,244
看来 5 4 453 1,097 811
进来 - 1 478 3,264 3,637
带来 - 2 703 652 1,150
来自 5 2 710 581 517
本来 4 3 716 1,473 951
未来 5 4 901 633 564
来到 - 1 926 963 2,360
原来 4 2 1,006 577 292
后来 4 2 1,092 1,019 1,280
越来越 - 2 1,296 669 499
以来 5 3 1,675 563 2,363
醒来 - 7 2,336 4,178 1,616
接下来 - 2 2,359 3,498 3,706
到来 - 5 2,441 3,175 2,729
将来 4 3 2,575 2,630 2,867
看起来 - 3 3,072 3,099 1,926
慢慢来 - 7 3,446 25,209 12,155
来源 6 4 3,511 1,255 3,568
来着 - - 3,523 10,066 3,811
用来 - 5 3,593 3,006 2,040
上来 - 3 3,920 2,405 2,565
赶来 - - 4,184 6,374 15,716
来临 - 7 4,199 5,068 3,466
有史以来 - - 4,460 13,210 14,556
来电 - 7 4,464 8,106 6,528
来不及 4 4 4,683 6,857 4,912
来得及 4 4 4,878 9,079 6,625
来信 - 5 5,087 8,863 20,141
来讲 - - 5,374 3,930 8,644
说来话长 - - 5,434 62,404 67,268
前来 - 6 5,885 3,181 7,121
生来 - - 6,140 20,850 11,953
传来 - 3 6,292 3,993 7,901
近来 6 5 6,442 6,171 11,717
来回 - 7 6,445 7,770 6,117
归来 - 7 7,023 7,902 5,592
来往 - 6 7,217 10,248 14,936
来得 - - 7,852 - -
来访 - 7 7,880 9,899 16,830
从来不 - 7 7,909 7,891 4,491
一般来说 - 4 8,062 10,367 17,613
乱来 - - 8,165 30,749 18,032
来宾 - 7 8,381 13,657 24,196
一来 - - 8,565 5,278 7,914
外来 - 6 9,302 4,777 11,524
到头来 - 8 9,575 17,655 9,533
总的来说 - 8 9,623 - -
往来 - 6 10,426 7,008 15,821
迎来 - 6 10,490 4,216 4,882
希伯来 - - 10,946 69,178 61,092
反过来 - 8 11,145 11,606 11,713
来源于 - 8 11,188 - -
想来 - - 11,536 8,346 6,522
合得来 - - 12,071 62,161 39,697
胡来 - - 13,272 32,442 37,329
来历 6 8 13,305 14,927 20,485
自来水 - 6 13,494 8,500 14,787
有生以来 - - 13,916 43,550 34,869
来头 - - 14,306 31,822 27,924
向来 6 8 15,122 9,541 10,308
合不来 - - 15,342 70,587 41,872
来龙去脉 - 8 15,449 29,885 35,923
卷土重来 - - 15,871 24,083 28,529
来复枪 - - 16,004 99,506 -
独来独往 - - 16,646 47,362 30,101
马来西亚 - - 17,331 6,190 11,409
突如其来 - 8 17,589 14,360 14,982
来劲 - - 19,093 37,740 21,372
来世 - - 19,100 25,087 11,360
愈来愈 - 9 19,275 16,097 22,555
转来转去 - - 19,845 - -
来访者 - - 20,093 32,382 43,181
招来 - - 21,399 - -
翻来覆去 - 9 21,867 28,217 15,315
死去活来 - - 22,051 26,319 12,229
本来面目 - - 22,194 29,207 26,013
马来 - - 22,474 102,047 69,112
由来 - 9 23,151 22,376 18,163
外来语 - - 23,256 88,130 76,943
时来运转 - - 23,582 68,033 38,406
过来人 - - 23,890 35,146 20,907
心血来潮 - - 24,081 29,701 15,183
北卡罗来纳 - - 24,750 100,890 67,664
历来 6 9 24,964 9,732 19,576
北卡罗来纳州 - - 25,248 65,046 82,369
来意 - - 25,524 26,063 51,001
来客 - - 26,052 31,238 33,329
接踵而来 - - 26,126 31,753 28,449
来生 - - 26,630 20,679 8,398
一般说来 - - 26,816 27,726 57,652
反过来说 - - 26,938 40,146 30,918
来者不拒 - - 27,143 46,071 33,280
逆来顺受 - - 28,536 54,626 35,465
南卡罗来纳 - - 29,033 - -
来年 - 9 29,358 14,622 7,709
长期以来 - 9 29,493 - -
举例来说 - - 29,808 - -
这样一来 - 9 29,855 - -
近年来 - 9 29,869 1,986 10,582
来由 - - 30,035 46,713 44,481
外来人 - - 30,826 - -
下不来 - - 32,608 - -
如来 - - 32,962 21,327 11,671
来历不明 - - 34,049 44,936 46,779
后来居上 - - 34,377 29,673 45,688
空穴来风 - - 34,659 35,562 30,200
初来乍到 - - 34,733 48,880 52,830
纷至沓来 - - 35,358 29,983 43,590
素来 - - 36,730 24,784 34,525
自古以来 - - 37,120 21,835 23,164
时不再来 - - 38,342 81,762 51,822
古往今来 - - 38,413 37,334 35,187
不来梅 - - 38,846 23,663 61,634
希伯来文 - - 39,177 - -
来路 - - 40,008 25,264 27,895
来路不明 - - 40,373 - -
直来直去 - - 41,220 52,053 28,852
姗姗来迟 - - 43,605 39,433 33,373
礼尚往来 - - 44,409 51,868 34,812
迎面而来 - - 44,578 38,691 32,897
苦尽甘来 6 - 44,913 57,987 32,438
慕名而来 - - 48,703 39,669 47,392
扑面而来 - 9 48,845 - -
来华 - - 53,501 - -
宝丽来 - - 54,089 77,279 34,230
来势 - - 54,306 27,665 45,733
来复线 - - 54,343 - -
划不来 - - 55,187 57,530 42,571
划得来 - - 58,213 75,739 56,879
自来水笔 - - 60,616 95,527 -
外来词 - - 60,781 - -
二来 - - 63,048 18,596 26,616
未来派 - - 65,708 - -
继往开来 6 - 67,042 39,128 55,372
少来 - - 67,785 - -
颠来倒去 - - 68,083 - 80,666
舶来品 - - 68,090 55,728 60,277
来不得 - - 72,161 62,497 58,795
夜来香 - - 74,059 65,549 38,585
来犯 - - 74,663 39,069 45,282
来文 - - 74,938 79,251 68,613
重来 - - 75,032 15,363 7,002
来安 - - 75,839 66,128 44,335
由此看来 - 9 78,230 26,765 54,533
如来佛 - - 80,555 71,089 46,971
马来人 - - 82,098 - -
惠来 - - 83,565 76,730 43,569
一来二去 - - 84,238 57,412 71,852
马来亚 - - 91,141 40,833 115,981
来凤 - - 97,151 97,114 67,811