来 lái▶ venir

Stroke order

来 is written in 7 strokes.

• 来

Senses

1. to come
2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
3. for the past (amount of time)
4. (between two verbs) in order to
5. (after a round number) approximately

Example sentences

• 他明天来。Tā míngtiān lái.He is coming tomorrow.
• 请来我家吃米饭。Qǐng lái wǒ jiā chī mǐfàn.Please come to my home to eat rice.

Related words

• 后来más tarde
• 起来levantarse
• 从来Siempre
• 原来Original
• 将来futuro
• 本来originalmente

来 is pronounced lái and means “venir”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 来 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.