来 / 來
lái
Meaning
- to come
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huí lai)
- ever since (as in 自古以来 zì gǔ yǐ lái)
- for the past (amount of time)
- the coming ... · the next ... (as in 来世 lái shì)
- in order to
- approximately
Example sentences
我叫他来的。
我叫他來的。
wǒ jiào tā lái de。
I asked him to come.
你什么时候来的？
你什麼時候來的？
nǐ shén me shí hòu lái de？
When did you arrive?
看，你的火车来了。
看，你的火車來了。
kàn， nǐ de huǒ chē lái le。
Look, your train is here.