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来

lái

to come

Part of speech · verb

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來come

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Examples

请进来。
Please come in.
他从北京来。
He comes from Beijing.

Collocations

过来回来来自出来

Mnemonic

来 lái "to come" — simplified from 來. Direction marker: V + 来 = "do (V) towards speaker". 拿来 "bring (here)", 过来 "come over". Pairs with 去 qù "to go (away from)".

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