从 / 從
cóng
Meaning
- from · through · via
- to follow
- to obey
- to engage in (an activity)
- ever
- (Taiwan pronunciation: zòng) retainer · attendant
- (Taiwan pronunciation: zòng) assistant · auxiliary · subordinate
- (Taiwan pronunciation: zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- surname Cong
Example sentences
我从中国回来了。
我從中國回來了。
wǒ cóng zhōng guó huí lái le。
I'm back from China.
他们从哪儿来的？
他們從哪兒來的？
tā men cóng nǎ ér lái de？
Where did they come from?
我从他那里买了它。
我從他那裏買了它。
wǒ cóng tā nà lǐ mǎi le tā。
I bought it from him.